LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) — Court documents provide new details about the man who is accused of shooting and killing another man at a Central Pennsylvania storage facility last week.
The affidavit of probable cause shows that 19-year-old Axel Montes-Rivera is charged with homicide in the death of 33-year-old Daniel Matos, who was found dead from a gunshot wound in a storage unit along Cumberland Street in Lebanon on Sept. 18.
Police have said Matos was being “targeted” in the shooting.
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Investigators said Matos was working on a 2010 Toyota Corolla outside a unit when a blue Acura, later found to have been driven by Montes-Rivera, was seen on surveillance video entering the storage-unit area. A Jeep was also seen parking next to the Acura that Montes-Rivera got out of, and he was seen talking with someone from the Jeep.
When Montes-Rivera approached a fence, he allegedly pulled out a gun and fired shots at Matos, who then fell right away into the storage unit, police said. He then put the gun in his waistband and left in the Acura.
Police were able to find the owner of the Jeep and spoke with them, who identified Montes-Rivera as the alleged shooter through a photo lineup, court documents show. They said Montes-Rivera allegedly called them and told them, “I ran into Matos at the garages,” after the shooting.
Court documents noted he is not legally allowed to carry a firearm.
Montes-Rivera also faces felony charges of flight to avoid apprehension/trial/punishment and a firearm not to be carried without a license.
He was lodged in Lebanon County Prison, with bail denied by Magisterial District Judge Anthony Verna, court records show. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 1.
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