SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – An area space man suspected of a drive-by taking pictures that left one man lifeless on Monday surrendered himself the next afternoon to native legislation enforcement. A number of federal businesses, together with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI), Douglas workplace, the U.S. Border Patrol, and the Cochise County Sheriff’s Workplace, assisted on this ongoing investigation.
Rick Martin, 20, of Sierra Vista, was taken into custody with out incident and booked into the Cochise County Jail. Martin is charged with one depend of first-degree homicide, eight counts of aggravated assault, seven counts of tried first-degree homicide, 4 counts of endangerment, and two counts of misconduct with a weapon. The HSI Douglas Workplace has an agent assigned to the Sierra Vista Police Division Group Response Crew who supplied help with the crime scene and interviews.
“HSI is a proud companion of the Sierra Vista Police Division and is dedicated to working alongside native legislation enforcement to maintain our communities protected,” mentioned Scott Brown, particular agent in cost for HSI Phoenix. “As a force-multiplier, this multi-agency effort resulted within the swift detention of the presumably harmful suspect.”
“This was a dynamic case that moved rapidly because of witnesses who remained on scene to supply beneficial data,” Sierra Vista Police Chief Adam Thrasher says. “We wish to thank everybody who helped convey this case to a speedy decision.”
The arrest stems from a drive-by taking pictures that occurred roughly 4:30 PM, Sept. 28, within the 900 block of Fry Boulevard. The motive force of a pink Honda coupe, later recognized as Martin, shot at a black pickup truck because the automobiles traveled east alongside Fry Boulevard close to Pizza Hut Bistro. The pickup truck then veered off Fry Boulevard and got here to relaxation in a wash east of Pizza Hut Bistro.
The motive force of the pickup truck, 18-year-old Sierra Vista resident Jorge Portillo, was shot one time within the head. Portillo was transported to Canyon Vista Medical Heart and later died.
The investigation remains to be ongoing and anybody with data related to the case is requested to contact the Sierra Vista Police Division at: (520) 452-7500.
The defendant is presumed harmless except and till confirmed responsible past an affordable doubt in a court docket of legislation.
This case is being prosecuted by Cochise County Lawyer’s Workplace.
