Victor, who asked that only his first name be used, said he never imagined such a thing would happen when he agreed to let the couple stay at his place.
Victor, a 43-year-old handyman found himself in the center of a law enforcement action that began Tuesday in Kenwood at his trailer.
The incident ended Wednesday evening with the death of a man Victor had let into the trailer - a man since identified as one of Napa County's most wanted criminals.
Victor has been living in a friend's trailer and said he's worked for the property owner for many years.
He said the girlfriend of the suspect was an acquaintance that he met a while back when he lived in an apartment in Napa. He met her through friends that lived in the apartment complex.
The woman, who he said was in her late 20s, called him "Tio" (uncle) and he called her "Sobrina" (niece). He didn't know her real name.
Victor said that she called him the day before law enforcement officials showed up for the suspect and asked what time he got off work and told him she wanted to visit him. He agreed.
He said she showed up Tuesday evening with two men he did not know and he let them stay. A while later they left, but the woman came back with the suspect about 40 minutes later.
The woman asked Victor if she and her boyfriend could stay a while longer and maybe spend the night. He agreed.
"He looked normal," Victor said. "He didn't look like a drug addict or anything like that. I never thought something like that would happen."
He said the suspect was carrying a duffle bag. That night, Victor said he was in his bedroom talking to his girlfriend on his cellphone when he heard a loud speaker outside ordering someone named "Miguel" to come outside.
Victor said he told his girlfriend something serious was happening, hung up and tossed his cell phone on his bed.
He opened his bedroom door, went out and asked the suspect if he was the "Miguel" they were ordering out of the trailer.
"I said, 'Hey, Compa, are you the guy they want? Go out there, I don't want any problems, my boss doesn't want any problems. He said he would get out,'" Victor said, speaking in Spanish.
Victor then left the trailer and as he went for the front door, Victor said he saw the suspect reach down into the duffle bag and draw a "rifle."
Victor said it was the only weapon he saw. "I didn't know what kind of rifle it was I just saw it was black," he said.
A Sonoma County sheriff's press release issued early Thursday said the man residing in the trailer confirmed the suspect had a rifle, handgun and body armor. Victor denied saying he saw anything but the rifle.
It was less than 2 minutes from the time he heard the bullhorns to the time he walked out of the trailer, Victor said. He stepped out barefoot and in pajama pants with his hands above his head and said law enforcement officials brought him down and secured his hands with plastic cuffs.
He told officers that he was not the man they were looking for. Victor was shown a photo of the suspect and confirmed that he was armed with a rifle inside the trailer.
"You think if I had seen that I would have let them into the house?" said Victor. "I'm not crazy."
During the standoff Wednesday afternoon, Victor said he walked to a nearby gas station and used the station telephone to call his cellphone.
He said the suspect answered the phone and Victor asked the man to turn himself in. The suspect responded that he would in five minutes, Victor said.
He walked back to the scene and told law enforcement agents that he had communicated with the suspect by cellphone. "The police took down my phone number but I had already given it to them," he said.
Victor said the ordeal has taught him a lesson - never let a stranger into your home.
"Don't anyone visit me where I live," he said. "If a friend asks to bring another friend, I'll go where I can't be found."
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