Man charged in 2006 shooting

MIKE TORRALBA
mtorralba@charlotteobserver.com

Police arrested a Mexican immigrant Tuesday in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of a naturalized citizen, Monroe police said.

Candido Casterjon Capote, 47, is charged with one count of first degree murder in the death of Norberto Manuel Cortes of Monroe, according to a news release from the Monroe Police Department.

Cortes, 35, was shot several times as he was returning home from work after midnight on April 27, 2006. He later died at hospital. Police had identified a suspect but were unable to find him.

A break in the case came two weeks ago, when the federal immigration office in Charlotte called Monroe police because an applicant for naturalization had turned up in a national criminal database.

Capote, who had been living in Shannon, outside Fayetteville, is an immigrant from Mexico, Monroe Police Lt. Phil Pressley said in an interview. Cortes had been naturalized for several years when he died.

Capote had been out on bond while awaiting a court date in connection with the injury shooting of another person in 2004, Pressley said. Capote is being held in Union County jail without bond.

Pressley declined to discuss possible motives in the shooting and what suspect the victims had to the defendant.

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