Suspect in NC store shooting had been deported before

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say the suspect in the killing of four men outside a North Carolina store was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported before.

By: Associated Press | WNCT-On Your Side
Published: November 07, 2009

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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say the suspect in the killing of four men outside a North Carolina store was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported before.
Federal immigration officials told The Mount Airy News that 26-year-old Marcos Gonzalez was sent out of the county in 2007 after serving a prison sentence for kidnapping.
Gonzalez is charged with four counts of murder in the Nov. 1 shootings in the parking lot of a television store in Mount Airy.
Police Chief Dale Watson says he was disturbed to find out Gonzalez was deported after committing a violet crime.
Investigators haven't determined exactly what caused the shooting, but they don't think the victims were chosen at random.

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