A 29-year-old man accused of gunning down his father during an altercation at the victim’s Eastvale home was charged Wednesday with murder and other offenses.
Kelvin Jackett Jr. of Eastvale was arrested Friday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the slaying of 51-year-old Kelvin Jackett Sr.
Along with murder, the defendant is charged with sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.
He had been slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday at the Riverside Hall of Justice, but wasn’t transported to the courthouse, possibly because he remains under medial supervision in the infirmary of the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
Superior Court Judge Sean Crandell scheduled his arraignment for Thursday. Jackett is being held on $2 million bail.
According to sheriff’s Sgt. Ed Baeza and the District Attorney’s Office, about 12:15 a.m. on Oct. 17, the father and son were involved in a dispute that led to gunfire inside the victim’s residence in the 12000 block of Craigburn Circle, just west of Interstate 15.
Patrol deputies and paramedics reached the location within minutes and discovered Kelvin Jackett Sr. dead from gunshot wounds. Baeza said that the defendant was also shot and was hospitalized in stable condition.
Central Homicide Unit detectives conducted a four-day investigation that culminated in the defendant being formally arrested while still in the hospital.
A possible motive for the alleged attack and whether both men were armed at the time was not disclosed.
The defendant has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.