A 21-year-old man accused of fatally beating his father in the victim’s Riverside home was charged Friday with murder.
Jair Armando Vazquez was arrested Tuesday night following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the death of 62-year-old Armando Vazquez.
The defendant made his initial court appearance before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gail O’Rane, who appointed him a public defender and scheduled his arraignment for Oct. 1 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.
Vazquez is being held on $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta.
According to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the defendant was involved in an unspecified confrontation with his dad while at the victim’s residence in the 8600 block of Arlington Avenue, near Lake Street.
“The preliminary investigation revealed the victim’s son … physically assaulted his father, then fled in the victim’s vehicle,” Railsback said.
He said that the defendant’s mother, whose identity was not disclosed, returned home to find her husband bleeding and unconscious on the living room floor.
Paramedics arrived within a few minutes and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Railsback said homicide detectives quickly identified Jair Vazquez as the alleged assailant and uncovered information indicating that he was in Newport Beach. Police in the coastal city located the defendant about 9 p.m. Tuesday on Coronado Street, where he was taken into custody without incident.
He has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.