Four people shot dead in Dallas apartment, police say; infant there was not injured
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Four people were shot to death on Sunday inside an apartment in Dallas, police said.
Two men and two women were slain in the 3500 block of Villaverde Avenue, Dallas police said. Officers were called to the scene about 7 p.m. An infant who was in the apartment during the shooting was not injured.
Police arrested Artemio Maldonado, 18, and Azucena Sanchez, 20, on suspicion of capital murder. Maldonado and Sanchez were booked at the Dallas County Jail.
Police said they found the suspects’ vehicle in the 2700 block of Northhaven Road and they were taken into custody about 10 p.m.
The victims were identified as Juan Diego Cruz, 18; Lupe Cruz, 24; Jasmine Borjas Santos, 20; and Fatima Guadalupe Alvarado Fuentes, 21.
Sanchez is a former girlfriend of one of the victims, with whom she was in a custody dispute over their child, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA-TV. That victim’s family told police that the suspects had made threats before the killings.
Maldonado told police he shot all four victims, according to the affidavit.
The suspects told police that they broke into the apartment through a window to look for money and did not think that anyone would be home, according to the affidavit.
This story was originally published March 13, 2023 at 10:38 AM.
