BOISE, Idaho — Two suspects are in custody after an arrest of one man police allege to be involved in the Twin Falls parking lot shooting led them to another suspect in a separate, deadly shooting that killed a homeowner.
According to the Twin Falls Police Department(TFPD), Mi'Quavis Taylor was arrested by the Boise Police Department (BPD) after being identified as the suspect in a Twin Falls parking lot shooting on Nov. 15 that injured a man.
Police said Taylor led them to another suspect in a shooting on Capri Drive, in Twin Falls, which killed 32-year-old Fred Rodriguez.
Police said the Capri Drive shooting suspect, who isn't being publicly identified at this time, is being held on unrelated charges, but both suspects could possibly face charges in the Capri Drive homicide.
As KTVB previously reported, Rodriguez, of Twin Falls, was shot and killed Thursday morning after he discovered and confronted an individual inside his car.
According to the TFPD, Rodriguez checked on a noise outside his home on the 800 block of Capri Drive. As he investigated, he found an unidentified person in his car. Rodriguez confronted the suspect, who then shot Rodriguez. The suspect then got into a white truck and fled the scene, TFPD said.
Police said they received the report of the Capri Drive shooting at 1:47 a.m. First responders arrived at the scene to find Fred Rodriguez shot. They performed first aid, but he died at the scene due to the gunshot wound.
As KTVB previously reported, On Thursday, the city identified 18-year-old Mi'Quavis Dewayne Taylor as the suspect in a shooting in a parking lot on the corner of Blue Lakes Boulevard N. and Pole Line Road that left a man injured, according to a news release. He is charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a $1 million bond.
"The Twin Falls Police Department and the Twin Falls County Prosecutor's Office would like to send our condolences to the Rodriguez family, and extend our thanks for the dedication of our law enforcement partners in these two investigations," TFPD said.
*Editors note earlier releases about this incident identified the man as Fred Rodriquez*
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