SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A second suspect -- a 16-year-old boy -- was in custody Wednesday in connection with the fatal shootings of two men at a Nestor-area storage lot near the U.S.-Mexico border over the Labor Day weekend, authorities reported.
The juvenile suspect, a Tijuana resident whose name was withheld because he is a minor, was arrested Friday for allegedly taking part in the slayings of Aaron Cruz, 42, and 64-year-old Richard Hartung in the 2000 block Sunset Avenue in Nestor, according to the San Diego Police Department.
At about 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 30, patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire found Cruz and Hartung dead inside the camping-style trailers they lived in at the storage facility just north of the international line, SDPD Lt. Lou Maggi said.
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"With the assistance of city-owned and private security cameras, investigators developed information about a possible suspect vehicle, a red Chevy Suburban," Maggi said. "Investigators canvassed the area and located a similar vehicle."
On Sept. 2, officers pulled over the SUV on West Calle Primera in San Ysidro and arrested the driver, 24-year-old David Verduzco Kruglova, on suspicion of participating in the fatal shootings, police said.
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Police have released no suspected motive for the alleged murders and have not disclosed the relationships, if any, between the victims and suspects.
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