The girlfriend of a man shot to death inside a local Walmart store Saturday night has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence.
Roswell Police said in a press release Thursday that Zaileen Seiburg, 22, turned herself in to police the day after a warrant was issued for her arrest on suspicion.
Tiberi allegedly took the gun from her boyfriend, Steve Soltero, 19, after he was shot by 18-year-old Joshua Martinez.
Tiberi allegedly kept the gun on his person for several minutes until police arrived. She hid it inside her merchandise, which was later discovered by officers, police said.
Investigators later viewed store surveillance footage that allegedly showed Soltero pulling or attempting to pull something from his waistband before he was shot.
According to the criminal complaint in the case, Tiberi claimed during questioning after the shooting that he did not know the shooter’s identity, which police say is a lie.
As of Thursday, no attorney was listed in court records to represent Tiberi.
Soltero was shot seven times inside the Walmart Supercenter in the 4500 block of North Main Street around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, and was later taken to an area hospital where he died from his wounds.
Moments before the shooting, Soltero and Tiberi walked into the store behind the register and Martinez, who was on duty, confronted them, according to the criminal complaint.
Police said surveillance footage showed Martinez exchanging words and gestures with the couple and starting to push each other. The same video released by police shows Tiberi attempting to punch Martinez as Soltero ran down the aisle and hid behind a pallet of merchandise.
Despite searching inside and outside of the store and nearby areas, police did not find Martinez until Monday afternoon when they went to execute a warrant at his apartment at 1316 Southeast Main Street.
When police arrived, they found Martinez with a 10mm magazine. Martinez later admitted to the murder, according to court records. A subsequent search of the apartment revealed the 10mm Glock handgun allegedly used to shoot Soltero.
Spindle argues in his motion that Martinez is a danger to the public and poses a high risk of flight if released from custody.
“Despite being an employee of Walmart, the defendant murdered the victim and then fled the scene of the crime, and it took law enforcement approximately two days to locate him,” Spindle said in the complaint. I wrote it inside.
The motion also notes that at the time of the shooting, Martinez was on juvenile probation for assaulting a household member. Martinez initially faced multiple charges in the case, including another charge of illegally possessing a handgun.
As of Thursday, no attorney was listed in court records to represent Martinez.