A 64-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a Riverside motorist during a road rage confrontation, firing a bullet that narrowly missed one of the victim's children before killing him, was being held in lieu of $1 million bail on Friday, Feb. 17.
Jose Juan Escobedo was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside Thursday on suspicion of murder and attempted murder for the slaying of 25-year-old Sergio Oporto of Riverside.
According to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, shortly before 4 p.m. Feb. 3, Oporto, his girlfriend and their 4-year-old and 3-month old children were driving along East La Cadena Drive when Escobedo allegedly began tailing them closely, angered for reasons still under investigation.
"As they neared the intersection of La Cadena and Citrus
