DURHAM, N.C. — A Mount Airy man was arrested more than 20 years later in connection to the shooting death of a 19-year-old in Durham, according to police.
On Sep. 16, 1999, police said Jesus Enrique Garza was shot and killed while sitting in a white Geo Storm on the 800 block of North Miami Boulevard in Durham. Days after the shooting, the Durham Police Department obtained a warrant charging Saturnino Gutierrez-Garcia with the murder.
For the past 24 years, investigators said they have continued to search for Gutierrez-Garcia. Officers eventually found out that he was living in Mount Airy, NC.
On Oct.7, the Surry County Sheriff’s Office found and arrested Gutierrez-Garcia in connection to Garza's murder.
He was taken to the Durham County Jail where he is currently being held with no bond.
Anyone with any information on this homicide is asked to call Investigator R. Armstrong at 919-560-4440 ext. 29325 or CrimeStoppers at 919-683-1200. CrimeStoppers pays cash rewards for information leading to arrests in felony cases and callers never have to identify themselves.
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