Another man taken into custody in connection to deadly shooting of Tucson PD recruit

Officials at the U.S.-Mexico border in Douglas took another man into custody in connection to the August shooting death of a Tucson Police Department recruit.On Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials made contact with a man entering into the U.S., identified by officials as 30-year-old Alexis Monter, through the pedestrian lane.See previous KGUN9 coverage surrounding the incident in the player above.During their inspection, they discovered an active warrant out for Monter, identifying him as a person of interest in the deadly August shooting of Tucson PD Cadet Carlos Ramirez.Later Sunday night, the Douglas Police Department arrived to the port of entry and took Monter into their custody.RELATED: Murdered police cadet was fighting off a home invasionOn August 19, Tucson PD Cadet Ramirez and his fiance, a corrections officer, were shot in Tucson. Check back for the latest updates.

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