The Fresno County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old Cesar Oropeza Velasquez shot 27-year-old Javier Merino Perez at around 11 p.m. January 26th.
Perez was found with a gunshot wound under a carport at the Encino Motel near Lassen Avenue and Cherry Street in Huron.
He was rushed to a local hospital, where he died four days later.
Velasquez was arrested in Coalinga and booked into the Fresno County Jail on a murder charge.
His bail is set at $1.5 million.