3rd Arrest in Homicide on Pala Reservation

A third person has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man on the Pala Indian Reservation six months ago.

Bradley Lynn Trujillo, 44, was found dead March 2 inside the garage of a home on Robles Way.

Christopher Melvin Cloninger, 35, was arrested Monday near the La Jolla Indian Reservation.

Cloninger is accused of one count of accessory after the fact, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

Last week, the San Diego County Fugitive Task Force arrested Anthony James Boles, 33, and Tyann Louise Allen, 30, in a hotel in Temecula.

Allen faces one count of first-degree murder. Boles faces one count of being an accessory to the crime.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the case can call the SDSO’s Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321 or (858) 565-5200, or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

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