SALT LAKE CITY — Police say they have arrested a pair of suspects for the shooting death of one person early Monday morning inside a Salt Lake City hotel. Chino Aguilar, 21, and Carlos Chee, 23, were both arrested on murder charges.
The Salt Lake City Police Department was called to the Springhill Suites hotel at 615 South 300 West just after 6:30 a.m., and found one person who had been shot and later died on the scene. The victim was later identified as Christian Lee.
Salt Lake City police share information on hotel shooting in video below:
Police said the shooting appeared to be an "isolated incident" between two people who knew each other. In court documents, police reported that a woman had called to report her friend being shot.
As police were on their way to the scene, they located the woman who reported the shooting. She told officers that her friend, 32-year-old Christian Lee, was shot by a man named Carlos.
When detectives spoke to the woman who reported the shooting, she stated that she had met Carlos Chee on a dating app, and he agreed to come to the hotel to sell her marijuana.
According to court documents, when Chee arrived, he was described as being in possession of a large amount of marijuana and a gun. The woman also reported that he was acting very paranoid.
The woman stated that she had been staying in the room of her friend, Christian Lee. However, at one point asked her and Chee to leave.
The woman told investigators that as they were leaving, another man named "Grumpy" knocked at the door, and a confrontation took place. The woman fled to the room's bathroom during the shooting.
Shortly after the shooting, investigators say Chino Aguilar contacted his parents in New Mexico to confess that he shot a man in Salt Lake City over a drug deal.
Police learned that Aguilar was traveling in a Gold Toyota Camry with a Texas plate.
SLCPD later announced that they had tracked the suspect's vehicle to an area of western Wyoming. It was spotted and pulled over by Sweetwater County Sheriff's deputies. Two people in the car were taken into custody.
"Homicide detectives will travel to Wyoming to continue their investigation and begin the extradition process," SLCPD said.
Salt Lake City police reviewed security footage from the hotel and found the woman who reported the shooting and Carlos going into a room. A short time later, Christian and an unidentified male went into the room.
According to detectives, Chino Aguilar was also seen running into the room before Carlos and the unidentified man were seen fleeing.
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