Mauro Cruz (Mesquite Police Department )
Mesquite police have made an arrest in a fatal shooting at an apartment complex on Sunday.
Mauro Cruz, 42, was arrested Wednesday morning in the 1400 block of Carroll Avenue in Dallas. According to police, investigators spotted Cruz while he was trying to blend in with a group of day laborers.
Cruz, of Mesquite, was arrested on a charge of murder in the death of 41-year-old Francisco Vaquier.
Vaquier was found dead Sunday on the floor of his apartment in the 3700 block of Gus Thomasson Road with gunshot wounds to the head, police said.
Police said Cruz had been living with Vaquier’s ex-girlfriend in the same apartment complex.
Bond has been set at $100,000.