LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A man accused of a fatal June drive-by shooting in Clearlake is scheduled to go on trial next month.

Miguel Angel Becerra, 38, of Coachella, is tentatively set for trial on March 4 after originally being scheduled for the end of January, according to District Attorney Susan Krones.

Becerra is facing a host of felony charges – among them, homicide, assault with a firearm, willful discharge of a firearm and a felon in possession of a firearm – for the shooting death of 40-year-old Steven Stone at Trombetta’s Resort on the night of June 17, as Lake County News has reported.

Clearlake Police officers who arrived at the scene found Stone on the ground with a gunshot wound. He died despite attempts to resuscitate him at the scene and Adventist Health Clear Lake hospital.

Investigators said that shots had been fired at Stone from a vehicle driven on the main driveway of the resort, with the vehicle then fleeing in an unknown direction on Old Highway 53.

Miguel Becerra and his younger brother, Christian, who have ties to Clearlake and Southern California, were identified as the suspects, police said.

The investigation found that Christian Becerra had been involved in an altercation on Jones Avenue hours before the homicide and that, at the time he was shot, Stone was with another person who had been present at that same altercation.

The Clearlake Police Department located and arrested Miguel Becerra 10 days after the murder, but investigators, working with outside agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, continued looking for Christian Becerra.

Krones said Christian Becerra has not been located since then, and a warrant remains active for his arrest.

At the time of the crime, police said Christian Becerra was believed to be driving a 2005 Legend Lime Ford Mustang, California License No. 8KCS533.

“He’s in the wind somewhere, maybe Texas, but we’re not sure,” Krones said.

If he’s apprehended, Krones said Christian Becerra would face the same charges as his brother.

Christian Becerra is a Hispanic male, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 165 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and was 26 years old at the time of the shooting. He’s considered armed and dangerous.

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