UPDATE: Arrest made in Shasta County homicide; sheriff's office IDs victim

Authorities have arrested a Shasta County man in connection to a homicide that happened over the weekend in Whitmore.

Christian Daniel Wilding, 29, was arrested during a traffic stop made by the Redding Police Department with help from the California Highway Patrol, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said Monday afternoon.

The news release did not say where and when Wilding was arrested.

Wilding was booked into the Shasta County Jail on suspicion of murder and is being held on $1 million bail, the sheriff’s office said.

The man Wilding is accused of shooting was identified as Russell Lee Harris, 37, of Whitmore, the sheriff’s office said.

Harris was found dead of a gunshot wound in the 31000 block of Whitmore Road late Sunday morning, investigators said.

“Detectives have learned Harris and Wilding were familiar with each other prior to the incident,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

The news release did not say how the two knew each other and authorities are still investigating the motive for the shooting.

Wilding is scheduled to be arraigned in Shasta County Superior Court on Wednesday.

Anyone with information about the incident can call the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office at 530-245-6135 or email MCU@co.shasta.ca.us.

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