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Ventura County Man Shot To Death; Son Arrested As Suspect

A Ventura County man is dead of a gunshot wound, and his son is behind bars, charged with the death.

Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 14000 block of Santa Paula Road in the Santa Paula area Sunday morning. The deputies, and paramedics determined that Aleric Owen of Santa Paula was dead at the scene.

Detectives opened an investigation, leading to the arrest of the 50 year old man’s son, Peter, on a murder charge. Investigators aren’t talking about what they think prompted the fatal shooting.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.