Antonio “Tony” Lechuga. Photo courtesy of Cynthia Lechuga.
Two men have been taken into custody in connection to the shooting of an East Dallas artist on the Santa Fe Trail, Fox reports.
Antonio “Tony” Lechuga was jogging on the trail on the evening of July 15 when he was shot twice near Old East Dallas Work Yard.
As we previously reported, he shared in an Instagram post that he didn’t see anything, but knew he was shot.
“It felt like someone knocked the wind out of me or hit me in the stomach with a bat,” he wrote in the post.
Jonathan Chapa, 21, and Gilbert Uvalle, 20, were booked into Dallas County Jail on Aug. 18, according to police records.
Two gangs are suspected to have ties to this shooting and other crimes in Dallas and Garland. Dallas police spoke with multiple witnesses. Two of those witnesses suspect Lechuga was caught in the crossfire of the intended targets, according to an arrest warrant obtained by Channel 5.
The same gangs are suspected to have ties to the shooting of 14-year-old Jordan Perez, a former J.L. Long Middle School student. He was fatally shot in June Old East Dallas Work Yard Park.
Chapa’s bond is set at $450,000 and Uvalle’s bond is set at $225,000, according to police records.
