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US police hold man in 'road rage' killing of four-year-old US police hold man in 'road rage' killing of four-year-old
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New Mexico police have taken a man into custody after a four-year-old girl was shot and killed in an apparent road rage dispute. A man has been charged with murder after a four-year-old girl was shot and killed in an apparent road rage incident in New Mexico, United States.
Lilly Garcia, her father and her brother were travelling on an Albuquerque motorway on Tuesday when another car pulled up beside their vehicle and a gunman opened fire. Tony Torrez, 32, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of Lilly Garcia.
Police said it was unclear what caused the incident to escalate. According to police, someone pulled up beside Garcia's father's pickup on an Albuquerque motorway and fired into the vehicle.
Authorities appealed for the public's help to find the gunman. It is not clear what caused the dispute.
A storm washed away potential clues and witnesses at the scene also gave conflicting accounts, complicating the search, police said.
Police would not say whether the man they took into custody was a suspect, but the man matched the description police gave of the gunman.
Lilly Garcia's father - who has not been named - told officers the shooting was the result of road rage, police said.Lilly Garcia's father - who has not been named - told officers the shooting was the result of road rage, police said.
He was driving Lilly and her seven-year-old brother home from school when the incident occurred.
Police offered a $25,000 reward for information on the gunman, but the search was complicated by a storm that washed away potential clues and conflicting witness statements.
Police said they were seeking a warrant to search an Albuquerque home and car as part of their investigation.