A Venezuelan national has allegedly confessed to two cold-blooded murders on the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, a sanctuary city that has made notable headlines for crime.
Angelvis Jesus Quintero Fernandez, a 22-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela, is accused of shooting two men months apart and leaving both for dead. Fernandez remains in the Mecklenburg County Jail on two counts of murder, among other charges, after reportedly confessing to the killings.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Fernandez on March 23 during an unrelated traffic stop, and a day after a man was gunned down outside of a restaurant, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Once in custody, investigators interviewed Fernandez regarding the first shooting on Jan. 24. They also linked him to the two fatal shootings in east Charlotte based on ballistics evidence, according to WSOC-TV.
Fernandez now faces felony charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, possession of a stolen firearm, and felony conspiracy.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also lodged an immigration detainer asking Charlotte sanctuary politicians not to release the accused killer.
Sanctuary politicians have released nearly 1,400 criminal illegal aliens from jail directly back onto North Carolina streets, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
Fernandez entered the country in July of 2023 via the CBP One app, which the Biden administration used to release more than a million unvetted illegal aliens into the United States.
“Because of the Biden administration’s disastrous CBP One app, this illegal alien was allowed to come into the country and commit these murders,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “We need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions to make America safe again. No one wants this murderer in their communities.”
In the case of Fernandez, police have not released details on any possible gang involvement or previous run-ins with police. Mecklenburg County jail records don’t show any arrests for Fernandez prior to the murder charge, WSOC-TV reported.
Once in custody, police interviewed him regarding the first shooting, involving 44-year-old Ludvin Antonio Guzman Morales on Jan. 24. They also linked ballistics evidence to the two fatal shootings. The second victim, Luis Guitierrez Mora, was shot on March 22.
According to WBTV News, the first homicide happened back in January when Morales tried to intervene in a fight. Fernandez allegedly came up to Morales from behind and shot him multiple times, then shot him again after Morales fell to the ground.
Police didn’t reveal too many details about Morales’ murder or if a suspect had been identified after that shooting, Channel 9 News reported.
Investigators have now said some of the spent bullet casings found at the scene in January are a match to Mora’s murder. Mora was gunned down after a fight outside of El Paisano Restauranté.
Police issued a release after obtaining arrest warrants for Fernandez and a second suspect, Anthony Jose Ruiz-Polanco, 33, in Mora’s homicide. Police responded to the scene shortly after 2 a.m. and found Mora with life-threatening injuries but he later died.
Court documents said Fernandez confessed to shooting both victims. According to police, he admitted to shooting Morales “five or six times” before leaving.
He made his first appearance before a judge on March 24, where he was denied bond. His next court appearance was scheduled for April 14.
Charlotte’s latest claim to fame is for crime—specifically two stabbings on the city’s light rail system. Last August, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, 23, was fatally stabbed — while passengers watched and did not try to intervene — on her way home from work.
The suspect in her murder, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, had a lengthy criminal history and was released multiple times despite also assaulting his family members.
In December, Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia, 33, a Honduran illegal immigrant, was accused of stabbing a man in the chest on the same LYNX Blue Line. Solarzano had been deported twice before and has an extensive criminal history.
Solarzano was denied bond and will be released into ICE custody, according to a release order filed in Mecklenburg County per Fox News Digital.
