Police: Affair led to Greenwood restaurant killing

UPDATE:

A Greenwood restaurant cook killed Wednesday morning was having an affair with the suspect's wife, police said Thursday.

Candelario Cruz-Trujillo, 37, Indianapolis, was arrested in Columbus on suspicion of murder, according to the Greenwood Police Department.

Greenwood detectives focused on Cruz-Trujillo when the victim's wife told police of the affair, officials said at a news conference. Cruz-Trujillo allegedly confessed, police added.

Early Wednesday, 34-year-old cook Miguel Angel Hernandez was shot next to his car as he arrived for work at the Four Seasons Restaurant at the Country Center Shopping Center on Ind. 135, police said,

The case remains under investigation.

Earlier

GREENWOOD — Police say a restaurant employee was shot to death early Wednesday morning at a popular Greenwood eatery.

Miguel Angel Hernandez, 34, Indianapolis, was slain outside the Four Seasons Restaurant at the Country Center Shopping Center at 1140 Ind. 135.

People inside the restaurant heard shots and found Hernandez outside, police said.

The shooting unfolded around 6:15 a.m., just after the restaurant opened for breakfast.

Investigators did not have any information on suspects, but Greenwood Assistant Police Chief Matthew Fillenwarth said they did not believe it was a random crime.

Indianapolis resident Mike Miller was having breakfast with friends when they heard five or six loud gunshots.

"We weren't sure what we heard," Miller said, but it was quickly clear it was gunfire.

One of Miller's friends rushed outside and found the dying man. Shock hung over the group.

"This is a great restaurant," Miller said.

About a dozen people were inside the Four Seasons Wednesday morning, including police and workers.

Bonnie Erickson arrived just after the shooting, and saw flickering police lights at her habitual breakfast spot.

"This is just sad," Erickson said, as she left the restaurant while police worked at the crime scene.

The woman fondly remembers meeting President Barack Obama at the restaurant.

While campaigning in 2008, the then-Senator noshed on an omelet at the Four Seasons in Greenwood, before meeting voters at Butler University and Hinkle Fieldhouse.

"This is our place," Erickson said.

The last homicide in Greenwood was on Aug. 28 when a 20-year-old man was fatally shot in an apartment bedroom when a drug deal when awry.

Call Star reporter Madeline Buckley at (317) 444-6083. Follow her on Twitter: @Mabuckley88.