{"id":484388,"date":"2026-10-04T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484388\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:58:08","slug":"man-arrested-in-connection-with-homicide-at-vista-gas-station-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484388\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in connection with homicide at Vista gas station \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego County sheriff\u2019s deputies arrested an 18-year-old Vista man on suspicion of murder in connection to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/09\/30\/sheriffs-detectives-investigating-homicide-at-vista-gas-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">death<\/a> reported Wednesday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan William Badillo was taken into custody late Friday on Helix Street near Hillside Drive in Spring Valley. He was booked into San Diego Central Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Badillo is suspected of murdering an unidentified man who was found seriously injured early Wednesday morning at a gas station along East Vista Way and Monte Mar Road in Vista. The victim\u2019s identity has been withheld by investigators pending notification of his next of kin.<\/p>\n<p>The case remains under active investigation. The Medical Examiner\u2019s Office has not yet determined the victim\u2019s cause or manner of death.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Office urged anyone with information about the crime to contact the sheriff\u2019s homicide unit at (858) 285-6330 or (858) 868-3200. Witnesses also may call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/09\/30\/sheriffs-detectives-investigating-homicide-at-vista-gas-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheriff\u2019s detectives investigating homicide at Vista gas station<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego County sheriff\u2019s deputies arrested an 18-year-old Vista man on suspicion of murder in connection to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[138,181,23,100,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-484388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}