Suspect in deadly Taylor hit-and-run arrested at Austin job site
TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — The man who investigators say hit two girls with his truck in Taylor and then left the scene has been arrested.
One of the girls, 16-year-old Sharonda Barrett, died from her injuries. The suspect, Missael Padilla Lopez, 21, of Taylor, was arrested at his job site in Austin on Wednesday.
Taylor police detectives and the Texas Rangers determined Lopez was driving a 1995 red GMC pickup truck when he hit the two girls walking westbound on Old Thorndale Road the evening o
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