PHOENIX — A man was charged Wednesday in connection to a deadly attempted carjacking incident in Arizona on Monday, authorities said.
Julio Cesar Aguirre, 42, a Mexican national, was charged by criminal complaint on multiple charges, including attempted carjacking and use and discharge of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
Why was the man charged in the Arizona incident?
Prosecutors said the criminal complaint alleges that Aguirre shot and killed a man, while attempting to carjack his Toyota Tundra on Monday morning.
When officers were called to the scene, witnesses directed the police to a nearby home. When they arrived at the home, residents told police a man matching Aguirre’s description had threatened them with a firearm and demanded to give them his vehicle before leaving.
Officers then found Aguirre in a nearby shortage shed with a firearm nearby. Police then took Aguirre into custody without further incident.
Upon investigation, authorities learned Aguirre was a Mexican citizen and was illegally in the U.S. Records revealed he had been arrested 10 times between 2007 to 2013 for immigrated-related crimes and was removed from the U.S. in 2013.
The Aguirre case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide effort to combat violent crime and “invasion of illegal immigration.”
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