A Texas man wanted in connection with the 2022 killing of another man outside a gym has been captured in Mexico and deported to the United States, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Cristian Avila-Solis, 21, has been charged with murder after Jose Alberto Aguirre Castellanos, 36, was shot and killed in the LA Fitness parking lot in Austin, Fox 7 reported.
Avila-Solis is the third suspect identified since the incident.
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Authorities believe Avila Solis, an American citizen, fled to Mexico after the killing. He was detained by Mexican authorities on February 17 in San Luis Potosi on suspicion of immigration violations.
Cristian Avila Solis, 21, was arrested in Mexico after fleeing the United States following the 2022 murder of a man in Austin, Texas, authorities said. (Tarrant County Jail)
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He was deported the next day to Fort Worth, Texas, and turned over to federal authorities. Avila Solis is being held in the Tarrant County Jail awaiting extradition to Travis County.
Austin Police responded to a report of a shooting on May 23, 2022 and found a man, later identified as Castellanos, on the ground.
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He was pronounced dead at the scene. He did not provide details of what led to the shooting.
In August 2022, U.S. Marshals arrested 21-year-old John Wiley Bagwell in Palmer Lake, Colorado. Bagwell was also wanted for first-degree murder in connection with a May 2022 shooting. Another suspect, Juan López Espinoza, 18, was charged with murder days after the killing.
