SAN PABLO, CA — Jose J. Cornelio-Aguirre,18, of San Pablo, was arrested
October 27 for the fatal shooting of a man two days earlier.
Cornelio-Aguirre was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on suspicion of murder.
Police and paramedics responded October 25 to a report of an unresponsive
man on the 1600 block of 16th Street. Officers found 33-year-old Luis “Luigi”
Ramirez at 2:27 p.m., inside a parked red Toyota, suffering from gunshot
wounds. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the suspect and victim were acquaintances. Evidently, the
fatal shooting occurred during an early morning altercation, according to a
prepared statement from San Pablo police. “Details of the relationship between
the victim and suspect, and cause of the altercation are still under investigation.”
Police credit the less than 48-hour arrest turnaround to an “outpouring of
cooperation, support and information from the community.”
Investigators also relied on the city’s network of public safety technology comprised of license
plate readers, public and private surveillance cameras.
Detectives identified Cornelio-Aguirre as the suspect and he was taken into
custody on the 1400 block of North Victoria Court in San Pablo. Cornelio-Aguirre
was booked on suspicion of murder PC 187(A), and he remains in custody
without bond, pending arraignment.
The investigation remains active. Anyone with information about the fatal
shooting about can call the San Pablo Police Department investigations division
at 510-215-3150. This is the second reported homicide in San Pablo this year.
– by Jim Emerson
