PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — A canine was wounded final weekend after being shot by a convicted assassin who rode previous a west Phoenix home on a bicycle, police say. Ruben Lupe Garza, 38, is now going through new fees, together with animal cruelty.
Shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday, Phoenix police responded to experiences of photographs fired within the space of Country Place Boulevard and West Kerby Avenue. That’s close to 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Estrella Village. When they arrived, officers noticed a German shepherd bleeding from its entrance proper leg after being shot. The canine’s proprietor advised officers {that a} man on a bicycle shot his canine, even after he begged him to not. He stated the person fired the shot from a handgun as he was passing by, then continued to journey away.
Police noticed a person on a bicycle within the space, however he ran from officers as they approached. Court paperwork say the person jumped a number of partitions earlier than police have been capable of catch as much as him within the yard of a close-by home the place he reportedly lives. When requested if that was the person who shot the canine, the sufferer advised police no, however that he was with the person who did.
Officers then noticed a person matching the outline of the suspect in entrance of the identical home, recognized as Garza, and detained him. When the sufferer noticed Garza, he reportedly advised officers, “That is the dude right there walking out with the cop.” Garza was then taken into custody.
Documents say Garza was unarmed when he was arrested however {that a} passerby quickly discovered a 9mm Glock handgun close to the highway the place the taking pictures occurred. A spent 9mm shell casing was additionally discovered close to the placement the place the canine was shot. While serving a search warrant, officers discovered three different firearms contained in the home, together with an AR-15 pistol, a .45 caliber handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun. Detectives additionally recovered an prolonged journal for a 9mm Glock.
Records present Garza had beforehand pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide and aggravated assault in a 2004 investigation and was in jail till his launch in May 2022. Because of the convictions, he’s not allowed to personal any firearms.
Following this arrest, Garza reportedly denied any involvement within the taking pictures, saying he had been inside his home all night time. Documents say he additionally advised investigators he had “no knowledge” of any weapons contained in the home the place he had lived for the previous 12 months.
Garza was booked for animal cruelty, possession of a weapon by a prohibited person and discharging a firearm inside metropolis limits.
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