A dangerous fugitive who was wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in South Jersey last year has been arrested in Spain.
30-year-old Felix De La Cruz-Arias of Brooklyn, NY, was taken into custody on January 30th in Barcelona by the Spanish National Police in collaboration with the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Department of Justice.
De La Cruz-Arias was charged on April 4th of last year with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Josue Hiraldo-Peralta of Camden. He was also charged with first-degree attempted murder for shooting a second man who survived.
Deadly Camden Shooting Sparked Manhunt
The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office says on the night of March 12th, 2025, officers from the Camden County Police Department responded to a ShotSpotter activation for gunfire in the area of the 300 block of Morse Street in Camden. Upon arrival, cops found Hiraldo-Peralta on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and a second victim suffering from a gunshot wound inside a nearby residence…