Oceanside police have arrested a suspect in a road-rage shooting death that occurred last weekend, announcing Friday that the suspect was a man who was paroled in 2019 after serving more than two decades in prison for a 1996 slaying.
Pele Fuifui, 51, is suspected of fatally shooting Justin Bazan, 34, whose body was discovered around 2 a.m. Sunday inside a vehicle near College Boulevard and Olive Drive, Oceanside police Detective Sgt. Dave Estrada said in a statement.
Police did not say how they identified Fuifui as the suspect or determined the attack was the result of road rage, saying only that his arrest was “the result of a thorough investigation” conducted by detectives from the crimes of violence unit. Detectives arrested him Thursday in Placentia, in northern Orange County, according to Estrada.
Police said Fuifui was released from prison in 2019 after serving 23 years for a slaying that occurred in San Diego.
