Overview

• Jose Luis Lopez Xique was arrested July 3 near his Shakopee home after fleeing officers and formally charged in Hennepin County District Court on July 7.
• Search warrants yielded a 9 mm handgun, matching clothing and 16 rounds of ammunition purchased in Bloomington the day of the killing.
• Snapchat messages in the criminal complaint show Lopez Xique pursued a romantic relationship that 22-year-old Kayli Grace Arseth rejected.
• Richfield police conducted a welfare check on June 17 after Arseth missed work and discovered her shot to death in her Penn Avenue South apartment.
• Court documents set bail at $2.5 million, and the county attorney’s office has pledged to pursue the case through trial to secure accountability.