4 Have Been Arrested in Off-Duty Killing of Texas Officer

San Antonio Police Department officials said the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested an as-yet unidentified man just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

September 16, 2014

Officer Julian Pesina (Photo: Balcone Heights PD)

A total of four people have now been arrested in the fatal shooting of Balcones Heights (Texas) Police Officer Julian Pesina.

San Antonio Police Department officials said the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested an as-yet unidentified man just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

A woman was also arrested Tuesday in connection with the case, KSAT TV reports.

Jerry Idrogo, 33, who police said lured Pesina to the officer's own tattoo shop where he was shot and killed in May, has been charged with murder in connection with Pesina's death. Idrogo was captured in Ohio on Aug. 29 and later extradited to San Antonio.

The other suspect, Alfred Cardona, 36, has also been charged in the case. Cardona was already in the Bexar County Jail on drug charges stemming from a May 22 traffic arrest, court documents stated.

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