MEMPHIS, TN. (THECOUNT) — Christian Hall, the Tennessee man accused of murdering Zorro Market store clerk, Khaled Khayet, in Memphis in 2015, was located and taken into custody in Mexico on Tuesday.
Hall, 23, was captured Monterrey, Mexico, by United States Marshals and Mexican authorities. He is facing charges of first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery.
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A warrant has been out for Hall’s arrest since September 2018.
Investigators said Hall shot and killed Khayet, 30, in June 2015 at the Zorro Market in the 7900 block of East Shelby Drive, reports WMCActionNews5.
Authorities said Khayat was shot several times in the head and back.
Hall remains in custody while awaiting extradition to Tennessee.
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