Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call regarding an unknown problem at a residence in the 102700 block of Alamo Street, Lucerne Valley, early Tuesday morning. Upon arrival at approximately 3:34 a.m. on August 26, 2025, deputies found Brian Frash, a 36-year-old resident of Lucerne Valley, deceased inside a bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds.
The department’s Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail took over the investigation. Detectives determined that a verbal altercation had taken place between Frash and Arthur Archuleta, who also lived at the residence, prior to the shooting. Archuleta, age 70 and also a resident of Lucerne Valley, was arrested and booked into the High Desert Detention Center for murder under Penal Code 187. He is being held without bail.
Authorities are asking anyone with information related to this case to contact the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904 or submit tips anonymously through We-Tip by calling 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or visiting wetip.com.
“SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department”
