San Diego Police: 16-year-old boy linked to deadly Nestor shootings arrested

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A second suspect — a 16-year-old boy — was in custody Wednesday in connection with the fatal shootings of two men at a Nestor-area storage lot near the U.S.-Mexico border over the Labor Day weekend, authorities reported.

The juvenile suspect, a Tijuana resident whose name was withheld because he is a minor, was arrested Friday for allegedly taking part in the slayings of Aaron Cruz, 42, and 64-year-old Richard Hartung in the 2000 block Sunset Avenue in Nestor, according to the San Diego Police Department.

At about 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 30, patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire found Cruz and Hartung dead inside the camping-style trailers they lived in at the storage facility just north of the international line, SDPD Lt. Lou Maggi said…

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