Suspect arrested in murder of local man

Authorities with the Los Angeles Police Dept. arrested a man on July 11 who was wanted for questioning in the July 4 homicide of a Vista man.

Officers arrested Alexander Michael Wyman that evening at about 9:20 p.m. San Diego Sheriff’s Homicide and Fugitive Task Force detectives took custody of him on July 12 and booked him into the Vista Detention Facility for the murder of 54-year-old Robert Joseph Evasick, who lived on a property on Gopher Canyon Road in unincorporated Vista.

According to Sheriff’s Homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio, about 3:40 p.m. July 4, “Deputies responded to the 3600 block of Gopher Canyon Road to assist the fire department with a man down. When they arrived they found a man on the ground with traumatic injuries.”

Giannantonio said paramedics “attempted to revive the man but were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.” The victim was identified as Evasick.

Authorities said Wyman also lived at the property.