{"id":229570,"date":"2025-09-15T20:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/229570\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:22:10","slug":"third-suspect-in-custody-over-storage-lot-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/229570\/","title":{"rendered":"Third suspect in custody over storage lot murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SDPD-Patch.webp?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757967730_518_SDPD-Patch.webp\" alt=\"Crime scene\" class=\"wp-image-325548\"  \/><\/a>A close-up photo of a San Diego Police officer. (File photo courtesy San Diego Police Department)<\/p>\n<p>A third suspect was in custody Monday in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/crime\/2025\/09\/04\/man-24-arrested-on-charges-of-killing-two-in-nestor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a shooting<\/a> that left two men dead at a storage lot just north of the U.S.- Mexico border over the Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Ramos Ramirez, 22, was arrested Friday for allegedly taking part in the slayings of Aaron Cruz, 42, and 64-year-old Richard Hartung, according to the San Diego Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>At about 3:30 a.m. Aug. 30, patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire found Cruz and Hartung dead inside the camping-style trailers they lived in at the storage facility in the 2000 block Sunset Avenue in Nestor, SDPD Lt. Lou Maggi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the assistance of city-owned and private security cameras, investigators developed information about a possible suspect vehicle, a red Chevy Suburban,\u201d Maggi said. \u201cInvestigators canvassed the area and located a similar vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 2, officers pulled over the SUV on West Calle Primera in San Ysidro and arrested the driver, 24-year-old David Verduzco Kruglova, on suspicion of participating in the fatal shootings, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Three days later, a 16-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/crime\/2025\/09\/10\/police-second-suspect-double-killing-boy-16-tijuana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tijuana boy<\/a> was taken into custody in the case in the 2300 block of Via Segundo in San Ysidro, the same location where Ramirez would be arrested a week later, according to Maggi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo assault rifles likely used in the shooting have also been recovered,\u201d the lieutenant said.<\/p>\n<p>Police have released no suspected motive for the alleged murders and have not disclosed the relationships, if any, among Ramirez \u2013 a Los Angeles native who currently resides in Tijuana \u2013and the other two suspects.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A close-up photo of a San Diego Police officer. 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