The illegal immigrant accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Ruby Garcia in a car in Michigan had been previously deported during the Trump administration, the New York Post reported.

Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, of Mexico, reportedly confessed to shooting Garcia, with whom he was romantically involved, multiple times during an argument in her car on Friday, firing at her body after he got out of the vehicle to make sure she was dead, court documents obtained by Fox 17 said.

Ortiz-Vite was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a bench warrant in August 2020 “and served a notice to appear” when he failed to show up to court for driving violations. His criminal history in Michigan reportedly dated back to 2017.

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