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Hugo Rosas-Pardo's 16-year-old nephew warned him not to go outside of his West Valley City house Thursday evening.
Victor Herrera Briones, 23, who had allegedly threatened to shoot Rosas-Pardo, had pulled up to the house in a pickup truck.
Rosas-Pardo, 25, did not heed his nephew's advice and went outside to talk.
Briones immediately pointed a handgun at him, saying, "I told you I would shoot you," states a criminal complaint filed in 3rd District Court on Friday.
Briones allegedly fired six shots at Rosas-Pardo, hitting him several times. Rosas-Pardo died in the driveway of the home in the 3000 South block of 5990 West.
Briones fled in the truck.
Early Friday, Briones was arrested by the California Highway Patrol near Barstow, said Adam Cortinas, a spokesman for the Highway Patrol in Barstow.
West Valley City police Capt. T. McLachlan said detectives learned Briones might be traveling to Southern California on Interstate 15 and issued an alert. Cortinas said a trooper spotted Briones' Ford F-150 pickup at 12:49 a.m. about 15 miles south of Baker, Calif.
Officers used their lights and sirens to signal Briones to pull over, Cortinas said, but he continued driving near the speed limit. The officers later deployed spike strips in front of the pickup. The truck ran over them, and Briones stopped the vehicle on the shoulder and surrendered without further incident, Cortinas said.
Officers found a 10 mm handgun in Briones' truck, which police suspect was used to kill Rosas-Pardo, McLachlan said.
Police say Rosas-Pardo and his wife bought the truck from Briones, but the vehicle had a bad engine. Rosas-Pardo wanted to split the repair cost, said West Valley City police Sgt. Steve Angell.
Briones, who worked construction with Rosas-Pardo, was bragging at work that he sold Rosas-Pardo a piece of junk, the police sergeant said.
Rosas-Pardo and Briones had gotten into a fistfight at work over the truck. At the end of a fight, Briones made the threat, the complaint states.
Briones was charged Friday with a count of first-degree felony murder and a count of third-degree felony purchase, transfer, possession or use of a firearm by a restricted person because he allegedly is an undocumented immigrant.
Two West Valley City detectives on Friday traveled to Southern California to interview Briones and serve a search warrant on his truck.
Briones was being held in the San Bernardino County jail on Friday. West Valley City police were working with the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office and the Utah Attorney General's Office to extradite Briones to Utah.