SACRAMENTO, CA -
Chu Vue, a former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy, was arrested Thursday morning for the murder of a correctional officer suspected of having an affair with his wife, says the Sacramento Police Department.
Vue, 44, was taken into custody near his Elk Grove home without incident, said police Sgt. Norm Leong. Also arrested in the Oct. 15, 2008 murder of Steve Lo, 39, were Chu's brothers Gary and Chong Vue, and Lang Vue, a friend of Chu Vue.
Leong says detectives believe Gary and Chong Vue killed Lo at the direction of their older brother Chu Vue. Lo, who worked at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, was found shot in the garage of his Elk Grove home as he apparently was leaving for work.
Investigators say in July 2008, Chu Vue learned his wife was having an affair with Lo.
During the course of the investigation, Vue was accused of weapon and illegal computer access charges. The latter was his alleged illegal use of sheriff's department computers for personal information about Lo.
Earlier this month, Gary and Chong Vue were arrested in Minnesota on an unrelated 2001 murder.
Four others were also arrested Thursday in connection with the case. Leong said Mason Vue, Lee Vue, Allysa Vue and Khoe Vue are suspected of harboring fugitives.
Detectives say in April 2007, Chu Vue put a mobile home on property in Corning in the name of Khoe Vue for the purpose of hiding his brothers.
Lang Vue rented cars and motels for Gary and Chong Vue, according to investigators. They believe Lang Vue bought the vehicle used by the brothers on the day of Lo's murder.
Detectives learned that Allysa Vue, who is Chu Vue's sister, rented a motel in Sacramento they think was used by Gary and Chong Vue a few weeks before the murder.
Mason and Lee Vue, brothers of Lang Vue are suspected by police of hiding the younger Vue brothers, knowing that they were wanted in Minnesota.
Investigators say Chu Vue and the others bought cell phones under fake names and used them to talk to each other.
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