Victor Meraz

In May 2007 victim Alberto Avalos was leaving the area of a party in the 800 block of Blaine Avenue in Fillmore. While standing with other partygoers he was shot and killed in an apparent gang related homicide.

The Sheriff’s Homicide Unit opened a criminal investigation into the death of Avalos. Investigators followed leads between Fillmore and Victorville, California, developing information that identified Victor Meraz as being involved in the shooting of Avalos.

Today, after a two-year investigation, Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives arrested Victor Meraz for the shooting death of Alberto Avalos. Meraz was arrested while in custody on an unrelated matter at the Sheriff’s Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura.