A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a road-rage incident that led to the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old schoolteacher in San Bernardino County, authorities announced Thursday. 

The incident occurred on Feb. 28 near the intersection of 5^th Street and Tippecanoe Avenue in Highland. 

Officers with the Highland Police Department responded to the scene on reports of assault with a deadly and found the victim, Andrew Sanchez, in his vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. Deputies immediately began life-saving measures. The 54-year-old was taken to the hospital by fire department personnel where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to a news release from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department.  

It was later learned that the victim, a special education teacher from San Bernardino, had recently left work when the shooting occurred.  

Homicide investigators believed the fatal shooting stemmed from a road-rage incident and eventually identified 23-year-old Oscar Fernando Lopez as the suspect in the killing and 31-year-old Juana Leonides as an accessory.  

“Information obtained during the investigation confirmed Sanchez and Leonides were involved in a road-rage incident preceding the murder,” the news release stated.  

Both suspects were arrested on May 3 after a search warrant was executed at a residence in Colton. They were booked into the West Valley Detention Center where they remain in custody without bail.