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Man wanted in death of 16-year-old girl turns himself in

Irbin Vargas allegedly killed 16-year-old Lourdes Sandoval. Detectives said she was walking down the street at 89 Casa Grande when she was shot.

HOUSTON - Police said the man wanted for the murder of a 16-year-old girl turned himself in Saturday.

Irbin Vargas, 22, surrendered himself to members of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force at the federal courthouse in Houston about 1 a.m.

Vargas allegedly killed 16-year-old Lourdes Sandoval. Detectives said she was walking down the street at 89 Casa Grande when she was shot on September 12.

HPD says Vargas was the shooter and fled the scene.

Paramedics took Sandoval to Houston Northwest Hospital where she was pronounced deceased.

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