A previously deported illegal alien has been charged with the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia in Kent County, Michigan.
Brandon Ortiz Vito, 25, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested. Paid Felony murder, open murder, carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of Ruby Garcia.
On March 22, a Kent County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant found Garcia dead from multiple gunshot wounds on the side of Route 131, according to police in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
On March 24, Ortiz Vite was taken into police custody. He was in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest, and he allegedly admitted to shooting Garcia with an illegally purchased firearm.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed that Ortisvite was an illegal alien who was deported from the United States to Mexico in 2020.
Ortiz-Vite was also indicted on charges dating back to 2020, when a bench warrant was issued for failing to appear in court on charges of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. He also had run-ins with the law in 2017 and 2018.
Ortiz-Vito is being held in the Kent County Correctional Facility without bail and faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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