Puerto Rican Homicide Suspect Arrested In Gaston County

GASTONIA, N.C. — Police arrested a man in Gaston County who was wanted for a murder in Puerto Rico.

Felix Perez-Ruiz was arrested Friday on Fallsdale Drive.  He is accused of murdering someone in Puerto Rico in 2013.

Perez-RuizInvestigators say Perez-Ruiz fled to the continental United States shortly after the reported homicide to avoid capture.  Officials determined Perez-Ruiz was living in an apartment in Gastonia.

Perez-Ruiz will be held in the Gaston County Jail pending extradition to Puerto Rico.