Twenty-one-year-old Hugo Baumann-Arguello was arrested and charged with murder Saturday, days after a shooting at an Arlington apartment complex where one man died and a woman was injured.
Police say on Thursday, July 18, they responded to the Plaza Apartments located at 3780 University Club Blvd. in reference to a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man and a woman lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. They were transported to the hospital where the man later died from his injuries.
Upon investigating, JSO said they discovered that the suspect, identified as Baumann-Arguello shot and killed the man during a drug exchange. Police said the victim tried to reach into his vehicle and steal drugs from his lap, but Baumann-Arguello shot the man several times and the woman once.
Witnesses told police that Baumann-Arguello was the only one with a gun during the meeting.
Police also say that around this time, JSO received a phone call from a man who said he shot someone who was trying to rob him. They say this call and the shooting were related.
Baumann-Arguello was arrested and faces murder charges, along with aggravated battery and armed possession of drug charges.