Authorities arrested Uriel Garcia Garcia, 32, of Durham,NC, in Statesboro, Georgia on Monday, August 22, 2022 in connection with the August 19th murder of Ulises Guadalupe Vasquez.
Agents from the Southeastern United States Marshals Task Force of Georgia, in cooperation with the United States Marshals Carolina Regional Fugitive Task Force, took Garcia into custody in Statesboro, GA.
Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said, “We appreciate the assistance of both US Marshals task forces, the help of the Statesboro Police Department, and the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office.”
Vasquez died of multiple gunshot wounds Friday morning after being shot in a parking lot of an apartment complex off Thomas Burke Drive just outside the Hillsborough city limits. During the investigation, Garcia emerged as a suspect. Investigators obtained a warrant charging him with first degree murder; Garcia is being held in the Bulloch County Jail as he awaits extradition from Georgia.
Man killed in parking lot
Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shots fired call at 6:40 a.m. Friday morning, August 19, 2022. The shooting occurred in an apartment complex parking lot near the 200 building at 405 Thomas Burke Drive, just outside the Hillsborough, NC city limits. Upon arrival, they located Ulises Guadalupe Vasquez, a 26-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds. Although deputies rendered aid, the man did not survive.
A K-9 track led through the woods to nearby I-85 where it ended abruptly. Deputies therefore believe the shooter left the area in a vehicle.
