by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Kent county court documents reveal that the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her friend in Grand Rapids earlier this year had confessed to his father.
Authorities say Juan Nico Garcia, 30, is charged with two counts of open murder, a count of assault with intent to commit murder, a count of felony firearm and a count of felon in possession of a firearm and perjury in connection to the death of Jai’onna Braden and Quavon Lee.
Both Braden, 20, and Lee, 23, were shot dead June 7 in a car on Bemis Street near Eastern Avenue SE.
Police said probable cause documents show that Garcia’s father, Domingo Garcia, told authorities he received a phone call from his son and picked him up after the murders. Juan Nico Garcia confessed to his father that he shot and killed the two victims. Domingo Garcia later led investigators to the firearm that was used in the murders.
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