2nd man arrested in KC bar shooting that killed 4 people

Kansas City, Kan. — One of two men who is accused of opening fire inside a crowded bar in Kansas City, Kan., killing four people and wounding five others, has been captured in Mexico, authorities said Thursday.

Authorities have been searching for Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 29, since the shooting at the Tequila KC bar on Oct. 6. Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman Jonathan Westbrook said he was arrested Wednesday in Mexico but did not immediately release further details about the arrest.

The other suspect in the shooting, Javier Alatorre, 23, was arrested shortly after the shooting. Both men are charged with four counts of first-degree murder, with bond set at $1 million each.

A criminal complaint filed in October in U.S. District Court in Kansas and unsealed last month also charges Villanueva-Morales with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for those murder counts. An FBI affidavit filed in the federal case said witnesses told investigators Villanueva-Morales was likely to flee to Mexico.

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