On October 12, 2024, at about 8:27 a.m. officers found 49-year-old Ronald Ray Garrett of Desert Hot Springs in the 1100 block of North Stoddard Avenue in San Bernardino. Garrett had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators later identified 46-year-old San Bernardino resident Wesley Parker Weltch as the primary suspect. Weltch was arrested on October 23, 2024, in the 2500 block of West Foothill Boulevard and is being held at the Central Detention Center on a murder charge with bail set at $1 million; he also faces additional drug-related charges for which he is being held without bail. An arraignment was scheduled for October 31, 2024, in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Garrett had prior legal history in San Bernardino County, including arrests for threats of violence in February 2020, battery on a spouse or cohabitant in November 2018, and use of a controlled substance in August 2017. The San Bernardino Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact Homicide Detective T. Montez at (909) 384-5762 or Homicide Sergeant E. Campos at (909) 384-5613.

Does anyone have information about Garrett’s whereabouts or activities on October 12, 2024?