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Police arrest suspect in VIA killing
By Elizabeth Zavala, Staff Writer : November 12, 2014 : Updated: November 13, 2014 8:13am
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Photo By JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsZachary Gonzales is escorted out of San Antonio Police Deapartment Headquarters, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Gonzales was arrested earlier in the day on murder charges stemming from Tuesday's VIA bus shooting of Donovan Rae Arzola, 23. He was shot while riding the bus near downtown.
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Photo By Courtesy photo.According to police, Zachary Gonzales shot and killed Donovan Rae Arzola, 23, after a brief and unprovoked exchange. -
Photo By JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsZachary Gonzales is escorted out of San Antonio Police Deapartment Headquarters, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Gonzales was arrested earlier in the day on murder charges stemming from Tuesday's VIA bus shooting of Donovan Rae Arzola, 23. He was shot while riding the bus near downtown.
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Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police investigate Tuesday November 11, 2014 at the scene of a fatal shooting that took place on a VIA bus at about 2:20 p.m. at Main and Cypress. Sergeant Javier Salazar said a Hispanic male shot another man in his 20s and fled from the bus with a female wearing a pink hoodie. -
Donovan Arzola was shot and killed Nov. 12, 2014 by a gunman on a VIA bus near downtown San Antonio. The suspect approached several passengers, attempting to start a confrontation, and then opened fire on Arzola. -
Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police investigate Tuesday November 11, 2014 at the scene of a fatal shooting that took place on a VIA bus at about 2:20 p.m. at Main and Cypress. Sergeant Javier Salazar said a Hispanic male shot another man in his 20s and fled from the bus with a female wearing a pink hoodie. -
Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police and EMS investigate Tuesday November 11, 2014 at the scene of a fatal shooting that took place on a VIA bus at about 2:20 p.m. at Main and Cypress. Sergeant Javier Salazar said a Hispanic male shot another man in his 20s and fled from the bus with a female wearing a pink hoodie. -
Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police investigate Tuesday November 11, 2014 at the scene of a fatal shooting that took place on a VIA bus at about 2:20 p.m. at Main and Cypress. Sergeant Javier Salazar said a Hispanic male shot another man in his 20s and fled from the bus with a female wearing a pink hoodie. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus. -
Photo By Mark D. Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsSan Antonio police are responding to a shooting at Cypress and North Main, just north of downtown. Preliminary information from police indicates the shooting occurred on a VIA bus.
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting on a VIA bus on Tuesday and is in San Antonio police custody.
Officer Douglas Greene, a San Antonio police spokesman, identified the man as Zachary Gonzales.
According to police, the man shot and killed Donovan Rae Arzola, 23, after a brief and unprovoked exchange. The man's female companion was also sought but has not been arrested.
Greene said two tips, one anonymous and the other through Crime Stoppers, helped police arrest the man.
Gonzales was arrested without incident at a home in the 1100 block of Callaghan Road.
Gonzales uttered profanities at the media when asked about the shooting.
He faces a charge of murder.
Go to ExpressNews.com for more details on this developing story.
