A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly fatally beating a 38-year-old Moreno Valley resident during a confrontation at a house on the east end of the city.
Brandon Jermain Thigpen, 37, of Moreno Valley was booked into the Robert Presley Jail on Wednesday morning on suspicion of murder. Thigpen is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
He’s suspected of fatally assaulting Sean Street in the 14000 block of Big Horn Avenue, near Oliver Street, less than two blocks from Riverside University Medical Center, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Sgt. Alberto Loureiro said there was an unspecified confrontation between the men at a residence shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday. During the encounter, Thigpen used an undisclosed weapon to attack the victim, mortally wounding him, the sergeant alleged.
He said witnesses, whose identities were not released, loaded Street into a vehicle and drove him the short distance to the hospital, where “he succumbed to his injuries” Tuesday night.
Central Homicide Unit detectives took over the investigation and questioned everybody at the house and at the medical center, where Thigpen was formally taken into custody shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to jail records.
The suspect had not been injured. Background information on him was unavailable.
Anyone who may have details relevant to the investigation was asked to contact the Central Homicide Unit at 951-955-2777.