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US police hold man in 'road rage' killing of four-year-old | |
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New Mexico police have taken a man into custody after a four-year-old girl was shot and killed in an apparent road rage dispute. | |
Lilly Garcia, her father and her brother were travelling on an Albuquerque motorway on Tuesday when another car pulled up beside their vehicle and a gunman opened fire. | Lilly Garcia, her father and her brother were travelling on an Albuquerque motorway on Tuesday when another car pulled up beside their vehicle and a gunman opened fire. |
Police said it was unclear what caused the incident to escalate. | Police said it was unclear what caused the incident to escalate. |
Authorities appealed for the public's help to find the gunman. | |
A storm washed away potential clues and witnesses at the scene also gave conflicting accounts, complicating the search, police said. | |
Police would not say whether the man they took into custody was a suspect, but the man matched the description police gave of the gunman. | |
Lilly Garcia's father - who has not been named - told officers the shooting was the result of road rage, police said. | Lilly Garcia's father - who has not been named - told officers the shooting was the result of road rage, police said. |