
The supplemental report states that after several minutes, the two run back to the car and attempt to flee, but the vehicle stalls. Piña then gets out and says in Spanish, "Beat that (expletive)," it states. Immediately after getting out, Chavez shot at Herrera five times at point-blank range, the supplemental report alleges.Īfter getting out, it says that Chavez can be heard beating Herrera. Even though at some point the individual leaves the video portion, you can still hear the audio portion," Wiles said.Ī complaint affidavit supplemental report states that Herrera told Chavez to exit the car. "The key parts rest again in the video and audio of the body cam and the camera in the patrol vehicle. Wiles said the investigation and arrest took a while because authorities had to clean up audio that was recorded by the police camera and the deputy's body camera and also get into her cellphone records. Saturday at a home in San Elizario and was booked into the El Paso County Jail. Wiles said a warrant was issued Friday and Piña was arrested at 2:30 p.m.



"However, after some really great detective work by our supervisors and detectives out of our Crimes Against Persons section, we were able to establish and believe that that female was actively involved - even though she didn't pull the trigger - in the death of Deputy Herrera." "At the time (of the shooting), we released the passenger, because we were not sure of her involvement in the case," Sheriff Richard Wiles said at a news conference Saturday at the El Paso County Jail.
