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A Florida man now in custody for at least the second time in recent years has been identified as the prime suspect in the homicide investigation stemming from a fatal shooting in Dublin last Friday – after having previously been charged in an attempted shooting in his home state in 2020.
Nicholas Paleveda, 38, was arrested on Saturday at a Walmart parking lot in Barstow on a warrant Dublin Police Services had obtained while investigating the shooting death of a 37-year-old man inside the Emerald Park apartment complex at 5050 Hacienda Drive on Friday afternoon.
“Dublin Police would like to thank both the community and surrounding law enforcement agencies for their assistance in getting this dangerous individual off the streets so quickly,” a DPS spokesperson said in a press release Monday. “This incident continues to be an active investigation.”
The victim’s name had not been made public as of Monday afternoon, with DPS detectives continuing to work toward understanding the motive of the attack and the relationship between the suspect and victim.
Paleveda had been previously arrested in Gainesville, Fla. in 2020 for attempting to shoot his roommate at an apartment complex there, ultimately pleading no contest to the third-degree felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon that he faced. He was sentenced to three years of probation, which ended in May 2023.
