EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Three people, including a teenager, have been arrested and are facing capital murder charges in last week’s double murder at a West El Paso park.
Police say they have arrested Manuel Candedo, 17, of Fort Hancock; Jose Emmanuel Saldana, 19, of Fort Hancock; and Jesus Ivan Lopez, 20, of El Paso.
2 men identified after deadly shooting at El Paso’s Tom Lea Park
They were arrested with assistance from the El Paso Police Police Department’s Gang Unit, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers.
At about 3:40 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, police responded to Upper Tom Lea Park, along the 900 block of Rim Road.
There, they found two 20-year-old men — Joshua Michael Himes and Francisco Javier Ignacio — dead on the roadway.
During the investigation, the Crimes Against Persons Unit learned that a group of people were drinking at the park when an altercation broke out between the victims and the suspects.
The suspects shot the victims and then fled the scene in a vehicle, El Paso Police said.
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