Suspect arrested after killing 2 people at Irving Chick-fil-A
At around 4:00pm Wednesday afternoon, Irving Police Department responded to a shooting at the Chick-fil-A restaurant in the 5300 block of North MacArthur Blvd.
First arriving emergency personnel located two gunshot victims. Both were pronounced deceased at the scene. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified one of the victims as a 49-year-old woman.
Shortly after the shooting, detectives identified Oved Bernardo Mendoza Argueta as the suspect. The 37-year-old was taken into custody around 2:50am and brought to Irving jail on capital murder charges.
According to his booking information, Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials have placed him on an immigration hold.
Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
