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Left: Damen Carrillo (San Antonio Police Department). Right: Ghabriella Barrera (Selfie).
A Texas antheral killed his ex-girlfriend successful retaliation for domestic violence charges she filed against him, constabulary successful the Lone Star State say.
Damen Carrillo, 26, stands accused of 1 number of murder successful the archetypal degree, according to Bexar County tribunal records.
As Law&Crime has antecedently reported, connected Feb. 15, Ghabriella Barrera, 24, was shot and killed portion she was driving backmost from enactment connected the southwest broadside of San Antonio.
Wanted and mysterious arsenic constabulary searched for clues, the fishy successful the shooting remained astatine ample for months — a authorities of affairs that changed this week with the ex-boyfriend’s apprehension connected Monday.
The suspect allegedly threatened Barrera the nighttime earlier she died, household members told police, according to an affidavit obtained by San Antonio-based CBS affiliate KENS and ABC affiliate KSAT.
Investigators accidental Carrillo threatened to termination the unfortunate if she did not driblet household unit charges she antecedently filed against him.
Those earlier charges day backmost to Nov. 15, 2024. On that day, the suspect was arrested for allegedly assaulting Barrera and aboriginal released connected the information helium person nary interaction with her.
Fast-forward respective months to the alleged Valentine’s Day threats.
While constabulary would drawback up connected the alleged tribunal bid usurpation acold excessively late, investigators determined Carrillo texted assorted threats to Barrera the time earlier she died, according to the affidavit. Those repetition threats allegedly became repetition shots — galore slug holes were discovered successful her driver’s broadside door, instrumentality enforcement claim.
The suspect besides allegedly contacted the unfortunate connected the time she died — utilizing Facebook Messenger to kick astir a video she posted which purported to amusement Carrillo threatening Barrera with a gun.
“You enactment contiguous right?” the suspect allegedly asked successful 1 message. “If the video don’t travel down I’m pulling up.”
The unfortunate was recovered aft crashing adjacent the railroad tracks on General Hudnell Drive South and Kirk Place. An autopsy determined Barrera died from aggregate gunshot wounds.
“Nobody should dice that way,” the victim’s grandma aboriginal told KSAT. “She was taken distant for reasons we don’t adjacent know.”
Asked to picture the slain pistillate to those who did not cognize her, her grandma said: “She was determination to assistance arsenic overmuch arsenic she could.”
A bid of clues to led the defendant’s arrest.
Investigators said Barrera’s co-workers described seeing a suspicious achromatic motortruck parked adjacent the worker parking batch connected the time she died. Then, surveillance footage would corroborate those claims, showing a achromatic Ford F-150 parked adjacent wherever the unfortunate worked and aboriginal accelerating with haste arsenic soon arsenic Barrera near that day, according to the affidavit. A licence sheet scholar aboriginal caught show of the aforesaid motortruck driving; records showed the conveyance was registered to 1 of Carrillo’s household members — astatine the defendant’s location address.
The motortruck was aboriginal recovered and seized successful the tiny municipality of Poteet, astir 30 miles owed southbound of the Alamo City. While effectuating a hunt warrant, constabulary allegedly recovered respective 9 mm ammunition casings wrong the F-150 that matched ammunition casings recovered astatine the country of the crime.
Cellphone records besides showed Carrillo adjacent the determination wherever Barrera died astatine astir the clip of the shooting, constabulary claim.
On Tuesday, the suspect was placed connected afloat location apprehension and ordered not to person firearms by a Bexar County judge.
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