Pomona man pleads not guilty to murder in Ontario killing

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A Pomona man pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to murder charges filed in connection with the Jan. 29 shooting death in Ontario of Vincent Mejia II, 33, of West Covina.

Omar Jafet Ruiz, 30, is accused of shooting Mejia several times in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 2500 block of East Riverside Drive.

Pomona police spotted Ruiz near his home Monday, and arrested him nearby at Garey and Franklin avenues.

Ruiz remains jailed in lieu of $1.75 million bail at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamogna, and he is next due Tuesday in West Valley Superior Court.