Posted on 01/27/2004 7:00:35 PM PST by nonliberal
Men involved in shootout here illegally, police say
By TOM ALEX
Register Staff Writer
01/27/2004
Two men charged in connection with a double homicide, rolling gun battle and attempted burglary in Des Moines on Saturday were in the country illegally, police said Monday.
Police Sgt. Todd Dykstra said police have not yet determined where the suspects obtained the gun or how many bullets were fired in the gun battle with police.
Investigators refused to release the 911 tape in the homicide investigation.
Jorge Perez-Castillo, 23, of Guatemala was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder. He allegedly was firing at police while driving a truck and trying to flee his pursuers.
Hernando Sandoval, 28, of Mexico was charged with attempted burglary for allegedly trying to break into an apartment in the 2800 block of Douglas Avenue at the conclusion of the shootout.
Dykstra said he did not know how long Perez-Castillo and Sandoval had been in the Des Moines area. He said as dangerous as it was for those in the area early Saturday, it could have been worse had the two suspects managed to get inside an apartment at the end of the police chase. As it turned out, they were cornered and arrested without further injury.
Perez-Castillo is accused in the shooting deaths of Santo Bueso Sr., 49, of Des Moines and Manuel Mulloh, 27, of the Omaha area.
Two groups of men became involved in an altercation early Saturday morning at the Casa Vallarta restaurant, 2327 Euclid Ave. A scuffle occurred about closing time, and the men were asked to leave.
Mulloh and Bueso Sr. were killed and Bueso's son, Santo Bueso Jr., was wounded. He was taken to Mercy Medical Center. His condition on Monday was listed as serious.
Dykstra said the victims apparently were unarmed. Police would not say what the men were arguing about, or why an armed man allegedly opened fire on a group of unarmed men.
They would be using prison space that American criminals would not want. :)
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