Man, woman arrested in fatal shooting at North Side apartment

SAN ANTONIO – Two murder suspects were taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man at a North Side apartment complex.

Dakota Vale, 21, was arrested in Cibolo by troopers, and Walter Scott, 28, was taken into custody by authorities in Milwaukee. They are facing a capital murder charge.

On Feb. 17 around 9:30 p.m., officers went to the apartment complex in the 18900 block of Redland Road for a report of a shooting.

When they arrived, the victim, Rey Quiroga, was found dead in the apartment complex's pool area from a gunshot wound to the upper body.

San Antonio police spokeswoman Jennifer Rodriguez said detectives believe Quiroga did not know Vale or Scott before they met up at the complex.

Rodriguez said detectives were able to use surveillance footage from the apartment complex and later shared images on the Police Department's social media pages to ask the community for help in the case.

The surveillance video showed Walter Scott allegedly approach the victim, snatch his cellphone and then fire a gunshot, killing him, an arrest warrant affidavit said.

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The affidavit said Vale eventually called police and admitted she was the girl in the video, having gone there under the pretense of purchasing drugs to rob him. She said she went to the bathroom and returned only to find Quiroga deceased. 

Vale got in her car and drove off before picking up Scott who had run off, the affidavit said.

After Vale was arrested, Rodriguez said she provided Scott's name to detectives. He was later arrested around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

According to online records, Scott has previous arrests on suspicion of aggravated robbery, theft and assault.

Rodriguez said Scott is in the process of being extradited to San Antonio from Milwaukee.