Two individuals have been charged by authorities within the killing of a Union Metropolis man in that metropolis earlier this month, authorities mentioned Wednesday.
Antonio Rodriguez, 24, and Miranda King, 31, had been arrested by investigators final week in Chico, police mentioned. The 2 Chico residents are suspected within the April 9 taking pictures dying of 43-year-old Karim Martinez.
Rodriguez has been charged with homicide with the particular circumstance as a result of it occurred in the midst of a theft, in accordance with charging paperwork from the Alameda County District Lawyer’s Workplace. He’s additionally been charged with second-degree theft, possession of a managed substance on the market, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of a managed substance with a firearm, authorities mentioned.
King was charged with being an adjunct after the very fact, authorities mentioned
Paramedics pronounced Martinez useless after they and officers responded to the realm of Eric Court docket and Kenita Manner about 2:10 a.m. following reviews of gunshots. They discovered Martinez shot greater than as soon as.
In a possible trigger assertion, authorities mentioned Rodriguez and King had been a part of a plan to rob Martinez of methamphetamine after which kill him. Authorities mentioned they met Martinez and gave him $23,000 of counterfeit cash obtained in an earlier marijuana buy.
Authorities mentioned Martinez purchased the methamphetamine in Bakersfield with that cash and met with Rodriguez upon his return. Rodriguez and Martinez then loaded the meth into truck of an Audi, and Rodriguez gave Martinez the envelope. After Martinez accepted it, authorities say Rodriguez shot him within the head thrice.
King is Rodriguez’s girlfriend, authorities mentioned. She’s accused of selecting Rodriguez up and taking him again to the Chico space after the crime, and authorities mentioned she was conscious of Rodriguez’s objective for driving to the Bay Space.
Authorities mentioned Rodriguez used a stolen Audi throughout the crime and that Oakland police later recovered it. The automotive King used to drive Rodriguez to Chico was not the stolen one, authorities mentioned.
Authorities later issued an arrest warrant and search warrant, and Chico police served the warrant at Rodriguez’s home on Yarrow Drive in Chico. Rodriguez and King had been arrested there.
Authorities mentioned they discovered 7.4 kilos of suspected methamphetamine in a bag, together with the packaging, in addition to a stolen 9 mm handgun.
Martinez’s killing is the second investigated by Union Metropolis this 12 months.
Police mentioned the investigation is continuous and urged anybody with info to contract Det. Andrew Smith at 510-675-5268 or andrews@unioncity.org. Nameless ideas might be left at 510-675-5207 or by emailing ideas@unioncity.org.