Murder suspect apprehended in Mexico

Photo Courtesy: Pomona PD
Captured Suspect, Henry Solis

Staff Reports

Pomona – On Mar. 13 at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Pomona Police Department received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the area of Third and Main streets.  The officers responding found a male victim – Salome Rodriguez, Jr., 23, of Ontario – suffering from gunshot wounds to the lower torso.  He was transported to USC Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Pomona Police Department Homicide Investigators found that the victim and off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Officer, Henry Solis, 27, of Pomona, were engaged in a physical altercation prior to the shooting.  Solis fled the scene and has remained at large since the incident.

According to the Pomona Police Department, on Tues., May 26, Solis was captured by Mexican authorities in Ciudad Juarez Mexico.  He was transferred into the custody of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, and booked into the El Paso County Jail in Texas.

Solis is awaiting extradition back to California on murder charges for the shooting death of Rodriguez.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Pomona Police Department at (909) 620-2085.  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).