Two men, woman arrested in shooting, stabbing at El Paso motel
El Paso police detectives arrested two men and a woman in connection with a shooting and stabbing two months ago at a motel near Downtown, officials said.
The violence stemmed from an argument over a vehicle on May 17 at the Budget Lodge Motel at 1301 N. Mesa St., a state prosecutor said at a bond hearing over the weekend.
Regina Mary Ruth Montez, 29, of Northeast El Paso, and Carlos Fernando Romero, 51, of the West Side, were arrested on Thursday. Alejandro Gomez, 40, of the Northeast, was arrested on May 20, police officials said.
All three face a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
On May 17, patrol officers initially didn't find any victims or witnesses after responding to a call of shots fired at about 3:30 a.m. at the motel located across the street from Cathedral High School, police said.
About two hours later, Samuel Lares, 34, showed up at a nearby hospital emergency room with gunshot and stab wounds. Lares told detectives he had been assaulted by three people during an altercation at the motel, police said.
An investigation by the Crimes Against Persons Unit found out that Lares and Montez, who grew up together and knew each other, had gotten into an argument at the motel over a vehicle, Assistant District Attorney John Briggs said Saturday during an online teleconference bond hearing for Montez.
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Montez left and later returned with two men who along with Montez allegedly "jumped" Lares, Briggs said.
One man stabbed Lares in the leg with a knife and the second man shot him in the leg with a gun, Briggs said. The group then allegedly continued beating him after he fell to the ground.
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El Paso County Jail records show that Gomez also was arrested on six counts of manufacture/delivery of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamines.
He remains held at the Jail Annex under a total bond of $1,120,000, including a $100,000 bond on the aggravated assault charge and $500,000 for the fentanyl case.
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Romero is jailed at the Annex under a $250,000 bond in the motel assault case. He also faces charges of robbery, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance and tampering with evidence from a May 24 case with those bonds totaling $36,000, according to jail records.
Montez is being held at the Downtown Jail on a $100,000 bond for the assault case.
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Daniel Borunda may be reached at 915-546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter.
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