A man suspected of driving the gunman to and from a shooting at a Texas convenience store in which three teenagers were killed has been arrested, Garland police said Tuesday.
The man, Richard Acosta Jr., 33, turned himself in to police Monday and faces a charge of capital murder, police said.
Acosta is believed to be the person who drove the gunman to the convenience store in Garland, northeast of Dallas, where the shooting occurred at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Xavier Gonzalez, 14; Ivan Noyala, 16; and Rafael Garcia, 17, were killed, and a 15-year-old boy was wounded, police have said.
Investigators are still trying to identify the gunman.
Police said Monday that a 14-year-old had been arrested on an outstanding warrant and described him as the suspected shooter, but on Tuesday they said instead that the person has “intimate knowledge of the shooting” and is cooperating.
“We believe that the shooter is still out there,” Garland Police Lt. Pedro Barineau said.
The 14-year-old has been released to his family and has not been charged, police said. Barineau said he is considered a person of interest.
Security video showed a male with no shirt and a surgical mask get out of a white truck, open a door to the store and shoot what police have said was a .40-caliber handgun with an extended magazine.
The gunman fired at least 20 rounds based on shell casings found at the scene, Garland Police Chief Jeff Bryan said Monday.
The shooting “appears to be in retaliation from a previous disturbance, and was believed to be a targeted attack on one or more of the persons inside the store,” police said Tuesday.
Acosta, of Garland, was being held in lieu of $1 million bail Tuesday night, police said. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
Friends and family called for justice at a vigil Tuesday, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported.
Erica Gonzalez said her nephew Xavier was a bright ninth grader on the high school football team and “a good kid.”
“All we ask is for everyone to speak up, you know, as a community, so we can get justice for all three of them,” Gonzalez said, the station reported.
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