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A 37-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador was arrested after shooting and killing two employees at a Chick-fil-A in Irving, Texas, on Wednesday, say local authorities.
TheIrvingPoliceDepartmentidentifiedtheshooterasOvedBernardoMendozaArgueta.Heopenedfireonworkersattheestablishmentataround3:40PMlocaltimeonJune26.
TheillegalalienfromElSalvadorhasbeenchargedwithmultiplecountsofcapitalhomicidefortheincidentattheChick-fil-A,accordingtopolice.
FederalimmigrationauthoritiesconfirmedthatMendozaArguetawasintheUnitedStatesillegally.
OfficersrespondingtothescenefoundtwocriticallyinjuredvictimsinsidetheChick-fil-Abuilding,butbothwereshortlypronounceddeadatthescenebyEMTswhoarrivedimmediatelyaftertheshootings.
ThepoliceeventuallytrackeddownMendozaArguetainhis4-door1997Hondaduringabriefmanhunt,afterhefledthescenebeforeofficersarrived.
Localauthoritiesinitiallytoldreportersthattheshootingwaslikely“atargetedincidentandthatthiswasnotarandomactofviolence”andthatMendozaArgueta’sspousewasanemployeeatth
