Overview
- Adalberto Pablo Cordova Torres, 21, was arrested Dec. 4 and faces two counts of first-degree murder and one count of discharging a firearm at a residence, with bond set at $3 million.
- Ballistics entered into ATF’s NIBIN linked 39 9mm shell casings from incidents on Nov. 11, Nov. 24, and Nov. 29 to a single firearm.
- Marcus Adams, 45, was killed Nov. 24 near 19th Avenue and Greenway Road, and Andreas Samual Olguin, 29, was killed Nov. 29 near 19th Avenue and Thunderbird Road; an earlier Nov. 11 drive-by damaged a home without injuries.
- Surveillance depicted a person on an e-bike with a distinctive camouflage backpack, cellphone data placed the same device at all three scenes, body-cam video showed prior contact, and work records placed the suspect off shift around midnight on the relevant dates.
- Detectives arrested Cordova Torres after observing him leave home on an e-bike; a search of his backpack found a 9mm handgun and similar clothing, and preliminary testing indicated the gun matched the shootings as the motive remains unknown.