Alabama capital murder suspect nabbed by US Border Patrol trying to cross into Mexico
The suspect in a deadly domestic shooting in western Jefferson County was taken into custody U.S. Border Patrol as he tried to flee into Mexico.
Luis Rey Guerro Martinez, 35, is charged with capital murder in the Sunday shooting death of 33-year-old Gumero Olvera Castro. The two were brothers-in-law, said sheriff’s spokesman Henry Irby.
Castro was killed shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of Willow Bend Lane in the Bessemer area.
Deputies and Concord Fire and Responded to the scene, where Castro was pronounced dead at 2:47 a.m.
An argument preceded the deadly shooting.
Irby said Martinez was taken into custody at 9:35 a.m. Monday.
It was not immediately clear why the charge is a capital crime.
Sheriff’s detectives are working with Border Patrol and the Kennedy County Sheriff’s Office in Texas to return Martinez to Alabama as soon as possible.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call sheriff’s investigators at 205-325-1450 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
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