Suspected arrested in deadly shooting | Local News

Allen was shot and died Sunday at about 2:30 p.m. in the 40 block of West Byrne Street while sitting inside a vehicle that was shot multiple times. The complaint said that Allen, who was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators later determined, after viewing surveillance videos and speaking with witnesses in the area at the time of the shooting, that the assailant was a skinny man clad in black and wearing a ski mask who was driving a red pickup truck with blue tape on the windshield.

Officers issued an alert for a red pickup that matched the one described by witnesses, along with the black mask and clothing the driver of the pickup had been reportedly wearing.

Police encountered and detained Soltero for questioning after they pulled him over at 6:53 p.m. during a traffic stop near the intersection of Albuquerque Street and Richardson Avenue. At the time, Soltero had been driving a pickup that matched the description of the one police had been looking for.

When investigators searched the pickup, the complaint says they found a black bag on the driver’s side floor that contained a rifle and a loaded handgun. Soltero was also wearing a black jacket and a ski mask.

After executing the search warrant and arriving at the police department, officers were unable to find the ski mask they found on Soltero earlier. Later, an officer…