GARLAND – The Garland community is on high alert as police search for a teenage suspect they believe shot and killed two other teenage boys on January 14.
Police identified the victims as 17-year-old Ruben Arzola and 18-year-old Alan Chavez. Both teens live in Wylie. Police released the name and picture of the suspect Tuesday, as 16-year-old Amancio Noriz, a resident of Dallas.
Noriz is described as a Hispanic male with dark hair, and brown eyes, approximately 4′ 9″ in height, and weighing around 120 pounds.
The Garland Police Department says Noriz is the subject of the “directive to apprehend” warrant. Although it is not customary for the Garland Police Department to disclose information regarding minors, the court has granted permission to release information in light of the severity of the offense.
“It’s not in our practice to release juvenile information but this is a special circumstance where a judge authorized the release of his information,” says Lt. Pedro Barineau with the Garland Police Department, “if a 16 year is willing to do that, based on the circumstance of the investigation, he does pose a risk to the public.”