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SBSD - Headquarters
Wednesday July 20th, 2022 :: 04:08 p.m. PDT

Advisory

Suspect in May Homicide Identified and Taken into Custody

DATE/TIME:  July 19, 2022 / 7:52 a.m.

INCIDENT:   PC 187 - Murder

LOCATION:   7200 Block of Mira Vista Avenue, Highland

SUSPECT(S):   Michael Curry, 27-year-old Transient

VICTIM(S):   Brian Luna, 47-year-old Resident of Banning



SUMMARY: 
On May 26, 2022, at 5:24 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the 7200 block of Mira Vista Avenue for a report of an unresponsive male subject in the middle of the street.  Deputies arrived and located Brian Luna deceased in the roadway.  A suspect was not located at the time.  

Detectives from the Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail assumed the investigation and a description of the unidentified suspect was developed.  

On Tuesday, July 19, 2022, deputies from the Highland Sheriff’s Station responded to a theft at a business on Baseline Street.  Deputies located the suspect who was identified as Michael Curry.  Curry matched the description of the suspect involved in Luna’s murder.  Detectives from the Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail responded, interviewed, and arrested Curry for murder.    

Curry was booked in at the Central Detention Center and later transferred to the West Valley Detention Center.  Curry remains in custody without bail.  

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4908.  Callers wishing to remain anonymous should contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or go to www.wetip.com



Refer:   Detective B. Chandler

Station:  Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail

Phone No. 909-890-4908

Case No.  DR# 132202144  H# 2022-058




SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department

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