Tustin police arrest man accused of fatally shooting ex-girlfriend before fleeing to Mexico - BERITAJA

Tustin constabulary person arrested a 47-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend earlier fleeing to Mexico, the section announced Sunday.

Officers arrested Juan Marquez connected Saturday, successful relationship pinch the decease of Sandra Fernandez, 42, connected May 14, the section said successful a news release.

Fernandez, an Anaheim resident, was recovered unresponsive by officers astatine the intersection of Yorba Street and Medford Avenue. She had suffered fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The section said its investigation revealed that Marquez, a Hawthorne resident, is simply a erstwhile fellow of Fernandez and waited for her adjacent her workplace.

After identifying Marquez arsenic a suspect, investigators said they learned that he’d fled crossed the U.S.-Mexico separator astatine the San Ysidro Port of Entry, constabulary said.

After authorities obtained an apprehension warrant for Marquez, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, acting connected the warrant, detained Marquez arsenic he returned to the state done the separator checkpoint.

Tustin detectives took Marquez into custody and booked him into the Orange County Jail connected a execution charge. He is being held without bail.

KTLA reported that Fernandez was a azygous mother of 3 children betwixt the ages of 5 and 21. According to the outlet, Fernandez precocious started a caller occupation and was heading location from training astatine the clip of the shooting.