Thursday, April 21, 2011

Phoenix, AZ: Police: Killing Suspect Caught At Border

PHOENIX -- A man accused of killing his girlfriend's friend was caught trying cross the border into Mexico, Phoenix Police said.

Since Wednesday, police said they were looking for Armando Medrano after witnesses said he shot and killed Crystal Pineda at an apartment near 25th Avenue and Highland.

Police said Medrano got into a fight with his girlfriend and during the argument he pulled out a gun and shot Pineda.

Later that evening, U.S. Customs and Border Protection called the Phoenix Police Department saying agents had caught Medrano trying to get into Mexico.

He was taken in by the U.S. Marshals Service and will be returned to Phoenix.

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