Cruz Guadalupe Martinez-Homo (Chandler Police Department)
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Police have arrested a man accused of shooting and killing his roommate at a Chandler apartment.
According to Chandler Police, officers responded just before 9 p.m. on July 1 to an apartment located near Chandler Boulevard and McQueen Road after a person called 911 saying that a man had shot his roommate several times.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found 27-year-old Eduardo Nunez-Ayala with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The suspect in the shooting, 32-year-old Cruz Guadalupe Martinez-Homo, was at the scene and was arrested by police.
"The investigation revealed Martinez-Homo had developed hatred towards Nunez over the past few weeks, culminating in the shooting," police said in a statement.
Several other adults and small children were inside the apartment at the time of the shooting. They were not injured.
Martinez-Homo was booked into jail and is accused of first-degree murder.
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