DPS Trooper Landon Rabun alerted Fayette County Sgt. Randy Thumann that a murder suspect out of Georgetown was traveling I-10 eastbound in Fayette County. The Austin County Sheriff’s Of- fice, Westside HIDTA task force, and the Regional SRT team set up a perimeter along I-10. They began searching for the suspect along I-10 and businesses within the perimeter.
Sgt. Thumann found the suspect’s vehicle parked at the AT&T parking lot in Columbus.
The murder suspect, Ricardo Quinones, 38, was seen standing at the door to the store. Fayette County Lt. Matt Walls arrived on the scene and the suspect was given verbal commands and was taken into custody without incident.
Also assisting at the scene was the Col- orado County Sheriff's Office.
