Police charge Nampa man with Garden City murder

By KBCI Web Staff

Summary

Police say the homicide occurred in the 8300 block of Chinden Boulevard between Maple Grove and Glenwood. Authorities say they responded to a call of shots fired at about 11:45 a.m. When they arrived, police found Irving Romero, 25, who later died at St. Alphonsus.

Story Created: Oct 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM MST

Story Updated: Oct 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM MST

Police charge Nampa man with Garden City murder

Carlos Navarrete

GARDEN CITY - Police say they have arrested a Nampa man in connection to Monday's Garden City murder.

On Tuesday, police say they arrested Carlos Navarrete, 27, who's from Nampa at about 11 a.m.

Police say the homicide occurred in the 8300 block of Chinden Boulevard between Maple Grove and Glenwood. Authorities say they responded to a call of shots fired at about 11:45 a.m. Monday. When they arrived, police found Irving Romero, 25, who later died at St. Alphonsus of a single gunshot wound.


 Irving Romero

Navarrete has been charged with second degree murder.

Police have not released a motive in the shooting but did say that the murder investigation did take them into the drug community between Ada and Canyon County.

Navarrete, who was described by police as transient, lived in the Nampa area.

Garden City Police had said they were looking for three men connected to the crime that fled in a pickup truck. On Tuesday, police said they found the pickup and the three men and identified Navarrete as the shooter.

The other two have not been arrested at this time, but police say they're continuing to investigate.


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