After being on the run for 19 years, Luis Contreras was located and arrested this month in Mexicali, Mexico.
A murder suspect was arrested in Mexico after being on the run for 19 years, the Riverside Police Department announced. On June 14, 2005, officers responded to a call of shots fired at a home on the 4700 block of Doane Avenue in Riverside . Officers located 38-year-old Alfonso Vera suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said several witnesses heard the gunshots at the home and saw people running away. Two vehicles were also seen leaving the scene. Police were able to get the license plate number of one of the vehicles. Detectives soon learned one of the suspects got into an argument with his girlfriend, then began hitting her. Vera intervened to protect the woman and was shot several times by another suspect. The shooter who killed Vera was later identified as 32-year-old Luis Contreras, police said. Two of the three suspects involved were arrested a couple of weeks after the murder. One was charged with accessory to murder and received a 3-year prison sentence.
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