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Arrest Made In Mesquite Home Invasion Shooting

MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) - A Dallas man is in a Mesquite jail after critically injuring a Mesquite mother.

Police arrested Wilson Benitez at his Dallas apartment Thursday, one day after he allegedly broke into a Mesquite home and took a mother and daughter hostage.  He then shot the woman before running away.

Benitez was  charged with one count of Aggravated Robbery with bond set at $100,000.

Detectives are still trying to determine a motive in the case.  Mesquite Police said Thursday they know it was not a random act of violence.

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