Police have arrested two people in connection with the death of a man in Round Rock on New Year’s Eve.
According to KXAN, police said they used a SWAT team to serve a warrant for murder and take Richard Acosta, 23, into custody. He is accused of murdering Joshua Armstrong, who graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS in 1998. Police told KXAN that they found Armstrong shot to death on Dec. 31, 2017, at his home in Round Rock.
Acosta was taken into custody without incident, police said. As a result of the investigation, police said they also arrested Vanessa Velasco, 20. She is charged with a Felony One Burglary of a Habitation in connection to the same incident.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KXAN an officer noted the home had been rummaged through and discovered several firearms were stolen. During the investigation, detectives spoke to a man who said Acosta told him that he broke into a house on Christmas night and killed someone. He also asked the friend if he could store five firearms at his house.
Both suspects remain in the Williamson County Jail.
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