PD: Suspect Shot & Killed Garland Man Over Can Of Beer
GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) - Garland police have made an arrest in a deadly shooting that happened October 1.
Jose Ramon Cruz Jr. was arrested and has been charged with murder.
According to police, shortly after Midnight Monday morning Cruz walked up to three men sitting outside in the 4100 block of Walnut Street. The trio was in the front yard of a house, drinking beer.
Cruz reportedly asked the men if he could buy a beer from them and was declined. The 23-year-old walked away but returned a short time later and again asked if he could buy a beer. Again, he was told no.
One of the three men in the yard, 25-year-old Dinh Ngo, began walking toward Cruz to tell him to leave. It was then that the suspect pulled a gun and shot Ngo. The other men with Ngo were able to grab Cruz and hold him until police arrived.
Dinh Ngo died several hours later at Parkland Hospital.
Cruz is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
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