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2 suspects arrested for fatal shooting in grocery store parking lot

Haltom City Police announced Sunday the arrest of two suspects in Kansas for the shooting of Eric Martiz Hill Jr.
Credit: WFAA

HALTOM CITY, Texas — A man was fatally shot in the parking lot of an Aldi grocery store in Haltom City on Thursday, police said.

Officers responded around 8 p.m. to a report of the shooting at the Aldi located at 3173 Denton Highway, according to a police news release. When they arrived, they found a man, later identified as Eric Martiz Hill Jr., suffering from gunshot wounds. Hill died at the scene, police said.

Police requested the help of the US Marshal Fugitive Task Force to locate two suspects in the shooting, Eli Gaibeth Martinez Sanchez, 23, and Deja Shanta Burt Roberts, 24. The two suspects were found in Kansas and arrested on murder charges, Haltom City Police said in a statement Sunday. 

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Det. Tabler with the Haltom City Police Department at 817-222-7040. Also, anonymous tips can be submitted through 469tips.com or at 817-469-8477.

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