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Layhill resident Manuel Alejandro Ayala has been arrested and charged with a triple shooting that left Rosa Maria Benitez-Ozuna, 65, dead and two others injured on Monday night.
Officers were called shortly before 8 p.m. to the 14200 block of Punch Street to investigate a reported shooting that left a man on the street suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Further investigation led them to a nearby home, where they found Benitez-Ozuna dead, and her mother was rushed to an area hospital in serious condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
Ayala, who was a resident of the home where the bodies were found, was identified as a suspect, and the department announced that he was arrested on Tuesday.
Ayala was arrested without incident and charged with:
First-degree murder;
- Two counts of attempted first-degree murder;
- Multiple weapons offenses.
He is awaiting his initial bond hearing on Tuesday afternoon.
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