A pair of suspects wanted in the hit-and-run jet ski death of a teenage Air Force recruit on a Texas lake have been arrested — and both are believed to be illegal immigrants.
Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez and a man she allegedly fled from Grapevine Lake with were arrested Tuesday after a standoff with police at their Dallas-area home, according to Fox 4.
Gonzalez is suspected of fatally striking 18-year-old Ava Moore with a jet ski as she kayaked on the lake Sunday evening, and then fleeing from the scene in the man’s car as bystanders tried in vain to save the teen.
Photos of Gonzalez at the scene were distributed by police, who located her and the other suspect, who was not identified by police, Tuesday morning.
Officers from Dallas and Grapevine police were joined by agents from Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and used drones to peer into their hideouts’ windows before the pair finally surrendered.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Gonzalez, a Venezuelan national, and the other suspect were in the US illegally — and that the death of Moore never should have happened.
“Ava Moore’s senseless death was caused by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country in the first place,” Paxton said after the arrest.
“My heart breaks for Ava’s family and friends, and my prayers are with them as they face this tragedy,” he added.
Moore — a basketball star who graduated from Fort Worth Timber Creek High School in 2024 — had just enlisted in the Air Force and was weeks from starting basic training before she was killed Sunday.
She had graduated from the US Air Force Academy Preparatory School a little over a week before, and was visiting her parents during the holiday weekend when she made her fateful trip to Grapevine Lake.
She suffered severe head trauma after being struck by the jet ski and was pulled to shore, but later died at a nearby hospital.
A second woman had been riding on the jet ski when it struck Moore, and she remained at the scene after the collision.
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