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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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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. | |
Tony Torrez, 32, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of Lilly Garcia. | |
According to police, someone pulled up beside Garcia's father's pickup on an Albuquerque motorway and fired into the vehicle. | |
It is not clear what caused the dispute. | |
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. |