Joshua Ellis, a 30-year-old resident of Pomona, California, was killed on April 19, 2022, in the early hours near the intersection of Arboleda Way and Holt Avenue. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene after responders from the Los Angeles County Fire Department arrived. The Pomona Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit initially investigated and classified the death as a homicide.

On May 12, 2022, the Pomona Police Special Investigations Unit and Major Crimes Task Force arrested 36-year-old Felipe De Jesus Arias-Telles of Santa Ana in Anaheim. He was booked at the Pomona City Jail and charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office with murder under Penal Code 187(a). Investigators say evidence gathered connected Arias-Telles to the shooting. The legal proceedings are ongoing.

Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to contact the Pomona Police Department.