UPDATE: 10/09/2023; 3:30 P.M.
Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Division Robbery Homicide Section received information that 22-year-old Jessica Garza was the main suspect involved in the homicide on the 600 block of 25th Street.
Detectives secured a warrant for Murder with a $500,000 bond for Jessica Garza, and she was apprehended at the Stripes Store on Leopard and Lantana on Monday, October 9, around 2:45 p.m.
"With the assistance of the US Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Fugitives Task Force, CCPD Patrol Officers, and Nueces County Sheriffs Deputies, Jessica was located at the 5700 block of Leopard Street and arrested for the outstanding warrant," said officials.
ORIGINAL:
An altercation between two groups of people led to a fatal shooting on the 600 block of 25th Street Sunday around 3:28 a.m., and police say one man is dead, and another man remains in a local hospital after being shot.
Corpus Christi police officers were dispatched to 25th St. and Ruth St. in reference to an unknown nature, but the call was quickly upgraded to a shooting with injuries as officers were en route.
Upon arrival, officers located two men with gunshot wounds, and began providing medical aid.
EMS arrived and transported a 42-year-old male to a local hospital but unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries. A 20-year-old male victim was also transported to a local hospital by medics with life non-life-threatening injuries.
“Initial investigation found that numerous subjects were involved in a physical altercation. At some point during the physical altercation the victims were shot. This is not a random act of violence as the parties were known to each other, “ stated Senior Officer Jennifer Collier in a blotter post.
Police say no arrests have been made at this point, but detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division and the SWAT team are actively investigating this incident.
