MESA, Ariz. — A 43-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of murdering his stepfather in Mesa, officials said.
Mesa police said gunshots were heard Thursday morning in the residential neighborhood near Broadway Road and Val Vista Drive before a deceased a person was found inside a home.
Darryl Hynek, 61, was found by his wife sitting in his recliner, dead from a gunshot wound.
Alexander Solano, the victim's stepson, was missing from the home and officers later located him Thursday afternoon. He allegedly admitted to killing Hynek and was booked into jail.
Mesa police said Solano and Hynek had a rocky relationship and the two allegedly had an argument about Solano paying rent to live in the home.
Solano is now facing charges of second-degree murder and evidence tampering.
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