SCPD arrests St. Cloud man suspected of shooting and killing a U.S. Navy sailor in San Diego, California.

By Grace Jacobson / News Director

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – A St. Cloud man is in the Stearns County Jail for the alleged shooting of a U.S. Navy sailor in San Diego, California.

According to investigators, the 18-year-old Marine was out with his friends at a nightclub in the East Village on August 31 when they got into an argument with a group of men inside. Both groups left the club at separate exits, but the arguments outside continued for the next 30 minutes until shots were fired around 12:50 p.m

Shortly thereafter, San Diego police arrived and found the sailor lying on the ground with a gunshot wound. Despite medical attention, the man was declared dead.

Investigators were later able to identify each of the suspected men involved in the shooting. One of the men they identified is 20-year-old Ta-Kari Terell Benness of St. Cloud.

St. Cloud police found and arrested Benness on a warrant on the morning of Wednesday, October 16, in downtown St. Cloud.

The case remains under investigation by the San Diego Police Department.