JOURDANTON, Texas — The man accused of a deadly shooting in Poteet last month turned himself in this morning.
At 4:30 a.m., murder suspect Ashton Garcia, 18, was taken into custody by the Jourdanton Police Department and the Atascosa County Sheriff's Office.
Garcia was wanted for the shooting death of John Martin Alaniz in Poteet on August 30. According to the Poteet Police Department, officers responded to a call for shots fired at 150 Avenue H. They found Alaniz, 41, who had been shot multiple times.
A task force comprised of Texas Rangers, Atascosa County Sheriff's investigators and Jourdanton Police Department officers said the three agencies "worked around the clock to locate Garcia and safely take him into custody."
The Jourdanton Police Department said Garcia was also wanted on a prior charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle, evading arrest and possession of marijuana.
Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward and Jourdanton Police Chief Eric Kaiser commended the work of both of their staffs, as well as the Texas Rangers, for their effort to that led to Garcia turning himself in this morning.
