Teen accused of fatal shooting at Orange Line station in Reseda captured in Mexico

A 19-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting another man at a Metro Orange Line bus stop last month in Reseda was arrested after fleeing to Mexico, police said.

Angel Garcia of Tarzana was identified by homicide detectives as the killer of Brandyn Rodrigo Mendez, 28, of Van Nuys. Garcia likely fled to Mexico after the Aug. 4 shooting, police said.

Members of the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI found Garcia in Mexico more than a week ago, and he was brought to Los Angeles with the assistance of Mexican authorities.

Garcia was booked for murder and attempted murder and being held at the Valley Jail in Van Nuys in lieu of $2 million bail.

At about 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 4, Mendez and a second victim were discovered in a parking lot near Reseda Boulevard and Oxnard Street with gunshot wounds, police said. The second victim was hospitalized in stable condition.

“The two victims had arrived at the Orange Line bus station and were involved in a confrontation with the suspect,” police said the next day in a statement. “During the confrontation, the suspect produced a handgun and fired multiple times at the victims. The suspect then fled the scene.”