Cedar Park Police

Police: Cedar Park fatal shooting victim was targeted

By JOSH MONIZ, Senior Reporter
Posted 8/11/19

“It was me, I called him, I killed him."The main suspect in last week's  fatal drive-by shooting had threatened the victim over exchanging texts with the suspect's ex-girlfriend, according to the police affidavit filed in Williamson County District Court.The affidavit said Jose Ivan Aviles Loza, 26, of Bastrop, specifically targeted Fernando Lopez Chapparo, 22, of Austin, Aug. 3 at the intersection of East Whitestone Boulevard and the 183-A tollway in Cedar Park.Police believe Loza may have used an  an AK-47 rifle.

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