Tucson police say fingerprints left on evidence at the scene of a sexual assault led to the arrest of a 22-year-old man in connection with the gunpoint attack Wednesday on a woman pushing a baby stroller.
Abraham Antonio Garcia was arrested without incident on Thursday night, police Chief Chris Magnus said Friday. He is facing charges of sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated assault and endangerment and is in the Pima County jail in lieu of a $1 million bond.
Magnus said Garcia was linked to the crime by fingerprint evidence recovered at the scene. He wouldn’t elaborate.
After identifying him, police began looking for Garcia at locations he was known to frequent. He was arrested while in a car on the south side.
The victim told police she was walking home pushing a baby stroller about noon after shopping at a nearby grocery store when a gunman confronted her near East Calle Arroyo Lindo and South Tucson Boulevard, south of East Drexel Road.
Police said the man forced her into a nearby walking path, where she was sexually assaulted. Magnus said the assault ended when the 2-month-old baby began crying.
The attacker ran away after the assault, and the woman called her boyfriend, who urged her to call 911.
The infant was not injured, and the woman was taken to a hospital.
