CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW)- A suspect wanted in a fatal Arizona drive-by shooting was arrested in Clarksville, Tenn. on Friday, May 29.
Jonathan Arthur Wallace, 28, is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1 million bond.
According to an article in the Mohave Valley Daily News, Wallace is the third suspect in a November drive-by murder in Bullhead City, Arizona.
A task force with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Jonathan Arthur Wallace on a felony warrant for the murder of Kevin Castro Hurtado in Clarksville Tennessee, the article confirmed.
Wallace, 28, of Bullhead City is awaiting extradition back to Mohave County, Bullhead City police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said.
Bullhead City detectives and the U.S. Marshals Service followed up on hundreds of leads in tracking down Wallace to an apartment on Proctor Court in Clarksville, Tennessee.
The murder
On November 17, 2019, Benjie Junior Nunez, 34, arranged to fight Kevin Castro Hurtado, 24, at a parking lot of a store
Castro Hurtado arrived first but, when Nunez had not shown up yet, left the area accompanied by his wife and two friends, the article said.
Nunez and his passenger, Wallace, were both reportedly armed, along with Brent Ryan Sekel, 23, who was driving another vehicle followed the victims.
Hurtado was killed in the drive-by shooting while his wife suffered a bullet wound to her leg. She was treated and released at a Bullhead City hospital. Two other passengers in Hurtado’s car were unharmed.
Nunez turned himself into police later that morning.
Nunez and Brent Ryan Sekel, 23, are charged with first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated assault and drive-by shooting.
Nunez is being held in county jail on a $1 million bond. Sekel is being held in custody on a $120,000 bond.
