Arlie Druen, a 33-year-old Stockton resident, was shot multiple times and died after being rushed to Lodi Memorial Hospital on May 17, 2013. The shooting occurred about 7:45 p.m. inside his home in the 700 block of South Central Avenue in Lodi. It was recorded as Lodi’s first homicide of 2013.

Police arrested Druen’s 33-year-old roommate, Richard Welker, on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Detectives initially treated the case as voluntary manslaughter, saying the shooting was not intentional but leaving open the possibility that new evidence could change that assessment. Welker maintained the shooting was accidental during court proceedings.

Welker was arraigned in the Stockton branch of the San Joaquin County Superior Court and later faced a murder charge; the judge ordered him to stand trial for murder in October 2013. Does anyone have information about Druen, the neighborhood, or what led to that evening’s confrontation?