Police have identified a suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old man found fatally shot inside a crashed car in the town of University Park, Maryland, last month.
Andrés Aguilar, 18, of University Park, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder in connection with the death of Luis Miguel Utrera, of Hyattsville, Prince George's County police said Monday.
Authorities said they have a warrant and are searching for Aguilar, but so far, no arrest has been made.
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On the afternoon of Nov. 17, officers from the University Park Police Department responded to the 4000 block of Underwood Street for a report of a shooting and a vehicle crash, police said.
They found Utrera “unresponsive” in the driver’s seat of a car that had struck a tree. He had been shot in the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Aguilar was developed as a suspect using different investigation techniques and with the assistance of University Park police, Prince George's police said.
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The motive of the homicide is under investigation.
The University Park police chief told News4 after the shooting that it had been more than 10 years since they'd had a homicide in their town.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 301-516-2512.
