CLEARLAKE – A local man has been arrested in connection with a Bay Area homicide.
Contra Costa County Sheriff's deputies and Clearlake Police on Monday night arrested Darian Nikia Munson, 31, of Clearlake.
Munson was being sought in connection with the fatal stabbing of 25-year-old Derrell Wood, said Jimmy Lee, spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.
The stabbing occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m. in Bay Point on Aug. 26, said Lee.
"What we understand is that there were a number of people gathered for an event after a funeral," said Lee.
Most of those gathered were friends and family; Lee said Wood and Munson don't appear to have been related but they knew each other.
At some point a confrontation occurred and it's alleged that Munson fatally stabbed Wood. Lee would not divulge the precise details of the crime, including how many times Wood was stabbed.
Lee said a $1 million arrest warrant was issued for Munson, who was considered armed and dangerous. Contra Costa County Sheriff's deputies searched the county for Munson but were unable to locate him.
Officials had initially though Munson was in the Pittsburg or Richmond areas, according to a press statement Lee issued on Oct. 17.
"The detectives continued to work the case and developed some information that he was in Lake County," said Lee.
Lt. Mike Hermann of the Clearlake Police Department said his department worked with Contra Costa deputies to search for Munson, beginning at his parents' Clearlake home.
After not finding him there, they moved on to check some other locations, eventually locating Munson at the Sunset Lodge on Lakeshore Drive at around 6 p.m. Munson was taken into custody without incident, Hermann said.
Hermann added that he knows of no previous contacts between Clearlake Police and Munson.
Munson, whose booking sheet lists him as a laborer, remained in the Lake County Jail on the $1 million warrant on Tuesday, according to jail records.
"We'll be looking to get him back here as soon as we can," said Lee.
Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Munson was scheduled to be transported to Contra Costa County on Wednesday.
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