March 20, 2022 - Winton, CA – On March 19, 2022, at approximately 1:39 A.M., Deputies with the Merced County Sheriff’s Office responded to the El Noa Noa Bar in 6900 block of Winton Way in regards to a shooting. When the deputies arrived they found a man, identified as 38-year-old Armando Oseguera Jr., laying on the ground deceased from an apparent gunshot wound. Statements from witnesses suggested that the decedent was in some sort of verbal argument with a male subject identified as Bryan Barragen Eacalera from Winton. Witnesses said as the argument got heated, the two men went outside and that was when gunshots were heard.

During the course of the investigation, the Merced County Sheriff’s Detectives were called to the scene and began a homicide investigation. Detectives served a search warrant at Eacalera residence and took him into custody without incident. Eacalera was booked into the Merced County Jail on charges of Murder.

While deputies were responding to the shots fire call at the bar, a deputy was traveling on Santa Fe Drive with emergency lights and sirens when he collided with a vehicle traveling from Franklin Avenue onto Santa Fe Drive. The Deputy was injured and transported to a Modesto Area Hospital and undergoing surgery. The other driver did not sustain any injuries and was released at the scene. The deputy is expected to make a full recovery. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is currently investigating the collision.

Source: Merced County Sheriff's Office