Police in Texas say the man they were looking for following a deadly shooting that killed two people inside a fast-food restaurant is in custody.
Oved Bernardo Mendoza Argueta, 37, was being sought Wednesday evening after a shooting that happened at a Chick-fil-A in the 5300 block of North MacArthur Boulevard in Irving, police announced on Facebook.
“We can confirm that the suspect was taken into custody early this morning,” a spokesperson for Irving Police Department told Fox News Digital Thursday morning.
During the manhunt, police released a photograph of Mendoza Argueta alongside a picture of the 1997 Honda 4-door car he was last seen driving.
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An official had said they believed the shooting was “a targeted incident and that this was not a random act of violence.”
Investigators so far have not released a motive or information about the two victims. The shooting happened around 3:20 p.m., FOX 4 News Dallas reported.
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Television footage showed that screens had been placed in front of some of the windows at a Chick-fil-A restaurant, and several police cars were in the parking lot, which was blocked off.
Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fox News’ Andrea Vacchiano and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
