Friday, April 4, 2008

Former CAL FIRE firefighter accused of murder

Steve Ray Strebe the suspect in the December 2007 shooting death of Mark Allen Owsley surrenders

A former CAL FIRE firefighter suspected of killing a disabled man with whom he fought on New Year's Eve in Banning surrendered Thursday to a judge at the Riverside courthouse.

Police had asked for the public's help in locating 31-year-old Steve Ray Strebe, who surrendered about 2 p.m., according to Banning police Sgt. Nic Schoen.

Strebe is accused of shooting Mark Allen Owsley in the back with a Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol in the 500 block of West Hoffer Street about 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 31, the sergeant said.

Owsley, 43, of Banning, died at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning.

Strebe suffered a cut to his neck and two small puncture wounds in the stomach area that required him to be hospitalized following the altercation that led to Owsley's death, the sergeant said.

According to Schoen, the two men fought when Strebe ordered Owsley out of his home and the victim refused.

Owsley had a disabled arm from a motorcycle crash, the sergeant said.

Investigators developed information pointing to Strebe as the suspect and issued an arrest warrant, Schoen said.

At the time of the shooting, Strebe was a "limited term" firefighter with Cal-Fire, said fire Capt. Fernando Herrera.

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