El Paso man arrested on charges of murder and shooting death of girlfriend

A couple was seen arguing the night an El Paso man allegedly killed his girlfriend by shooting her multiple times at a Far East Side apartment complex, court documents show.

The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Gabriel Samuel Arnold, 24, on Monday, April 22, following an El Paso police homicide investigation into the March 27 shooting of 26-year-old Kimberly Alaniss Segovia, officials said.

Detectives learned that Arnold allegedly told a friend that he shot his girlfriend 16 times with a 9mm handgun and that he did not want to go to prison for the rest of his life, according to a criminal complaint filed by a detective.

Arnold is being jailed on a $1 million bond at the El Paso County Jail Downtown. No attorney for him is listed in the lawsuits.

The fatal shooting occurred while Arnold was out on bond awaiting trial on DWI charges and a construction burglary charge from last year, according to El Paso County court records.

The affidavit details how detectives from the Crimes Against Persons Unit pieced together a timeline of Arnold’s actions before and after Segovia was shot outside about 12:30 a.m. on March 27 at the Tres Palmas Apartments, 4470 Rich Beem Blvd., near Montana Avenue.

Investigators discovered that Segovia had been dating Arnold and that her brown Nissan Altima was missing. The car was later found abandoned at the Eisenhower public housing apartments in the Northeast, the affidavit said.

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The next day, police arrested Arnold at his home in Northeast El Paso on a revoked personal recognizance tape in an unrelated drunken driving case from last year.

At police headquarters, detectives interviewed Arnold, who told them he lived with Segovia in Albuquerque, the affidavit said. Arnold said he returned to El Paso earlier this week because they had broken up. Arnold said he had been with Segovia and they had an argument, but he claimed she dropped him off at Montana Avenue and US 54 in the Central area and that he had never been on the East Side with her.

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Arnold then stopped the interview and asked for a lawyer. He was released from jail on March 30 on the DWI bond revocation case on another personal recognizance bond, known as a PR bond, which only requires a signature and promise to appear in court.

Bartender saw couple arguing

On March 26 at approximately 9:50 PM: Security camera footage obtained by investigators showed Segovia’s car arriving at a parking lot. Segovia, who was driving, and Arnold, who was in the passenger seat, entered a bar in the 2200 block of Zaragoza Road near Tierra Este Road on the Far East Side. The company was not named in the statement.

A bartender remembered seeing the couple. The bartender couldn’t hear clearly, but Arnold seemed upset and yelled at Segovia, who kept telling him to lower his voice and that he was embarrassing her. The pair were with no one else and left together after Segovia paid for food and drinks.

11:37 PM: Security camera footage shows the couple leaving the bar in Segovia’s car, the affidavit said.

Circle K customers saw a couple arguing

About 12:10 PM March 27: Security video shows the couple going to a Circle K at 12681 Montana Ave. drive, off Rich Beem Boulevard near the Tres Palmas Apartments, the affidavit said.

Detectives identified and interviewed three customers who were at the Circle K at the same time. The men told investigators that Arnold appeared drunk or high on drugs and approached them outside the store asking if he could get a ride to the Northeast.

“Don’t give him a ride, he’s going to rob you,” a woman (Segovia) yelled at a car near the gas pumps, the men told police, according to the affidavit. Arnold had a bag over his chest that the men suspected contained a gun.

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“Shut up, (expletive),” Arnold yelled at Segovia as he walked back to the car and appeared to continue arguing with her, the men told police. The customers entered the store but continued to watch the couple through the windows to make sure the man did not attack the woman.

12:27 pm: Video shows the car leaving the Circle K parking lot with Segovia driving and Arnold in the passenger seat.

Woman killed in shooting at Far East El Paso apartment complex

Detectives noted that Segovia was shot multiple times at the Tres Palmas Apartments about 3-4 minutes after leaving the nearby Circle K.

About 12:31: A resident called 911 to report hearing gunshots in the apartment complex.

12:54 pm: Police arrived and found Segovia with several gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at Providence East Campus Hospitals on Joe Battle Boulevard.

A dead woman’s missing car abandoned in Northeast El Paso

Segovia’s cell phone was next to where she collapsed at the apartments. Crime scene investigators found Arnold’s fingerprints on the phone, the affidavit said. Segovia’s Nissan Altima was missing.

12:49 pm: The affidavit stated that Arnold was seen on security camera video parking a car near the intersection of Edgar Park Avenue and Leo Street in the Northeast. The video captured Arnold “staggering” and encountering a person leaving an apartment on Edgar Park Avenue, the affidavit said.

12:57 pm: Arnold and another man were captured on video walking back to the car and driving it north onto Leo Street.

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1:10 am: A security camera showed two men leaving Segovia’s Nissan Altima, which was later found abandoned on Anvil Place near the Eisenhower public housing apartments in Northeast. The car had bullet holes in the front grille and front passenger side light. The two passenger side tires were flat, the affidavit said.

2:31 am: Video shows a vehicle picking up Arnold and the other man on Anvil Place before dropping them off. They arrived later and entered the apartment in the 3900 block of Edgar Park Avenue. The other man was later identified by detectives as a friend of Arnold’s.

The suspected killer had a gun and a pink wallet

On April 9, investigators served a search warrant at the apartment on Edgar Park Avenue, the affidavit said.

The apartment resident told investigators he received calls and messages from Arnold and another friend requesting a ride or help changing a tire on Eisenhower Avenue, next to Anvil Place. The resident didn’t have a car, so he couldn’t help them. The two friends arrived at the apartment about 30 minutes later after possibly arriving in a taxi company car.

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The friend who lives in the apartment told investigators that Arnold was in possession of a gun, a pink wallet and a woman’s New Mexico driver’s license, the affidavit said. The friend told detectives that Arnold allegedly said he had shot his girlfriend 16 times and that he did not want to go to jail.

Another friend then allegedly factory reset Arnold’s cell phone and took the gun, pink wallet and driver’s license. The gun’s ammunition magazine was empty when the gun was taken from Arnold, the friend from the apartment told investigators, according to the affidavit.

The friend did not know what happened to the gun, wallet and other items. The affidavit stated that “investigators were able to confirm the evidence obtained and collected.”

Monday after a murder warrant was issued, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and U.S. Marshal Police arrested Arnold without incident in the 8500 block of Edgar Park Avenue, officials said. He remains imprisoned.