Pima Co. Attorney says Feds holding suspect interferes with murder case

A man in the U.S. illegally is the focus of a tug of war between Pima County Attorney Laura Conover and Federal authorities. She wants to prosecute the man for murder but says the Feds took him into their custody and she can’t get him back.

It was late last month when Tucson Police say a man went through midtown pointing a gun at several people. Officers say Julio Aguirre finally shot and killed Ricky E. Miller, Senior while trying to steal his car.

A police dog helped bring Aguirre down. That put him in a hospital. While he was there Federal agents arrested him on their own charges and took him away to Federal custody…

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