An American wanted by federal authorities in Texas for murdering his stepfather seven years ago was nabbed by immigration agents in Abuyog, Leyte.
Tipton Shea McMahon was arrested at his home in Barangay Balinsasayaw, Abuyog, Leyte by operatives from the bureau’s fugitive search unit, Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente said.
Morente said the 30-year-old McMahon’s arrest was sought by the US embassy in Manila due to an arrest warrant that was issued against the latter by a US district court in Harris County, Texas.
“His passport was already canceled by the US government, thus he will be deported for being an undocumented and undesirable alien,” the BI chief said.
McMahon was charged with murder before the Texas court for allegedly stabbing to death his stepfather, Peter O’Shea, at the latter’s home in Cypress, Texas on Aug. 2, 2010.
Police arrested the then 23-year-old McMahon after the incident. His mother told police that he saw his son holding a knife while standing above the lifeless body of the 52-year-old victim.
Apparently, the suspect went into hiding after he was freed on bail and this prompted the court to issue a warrant for his arrest on Oct. 14 that same year.
BI intelligence officer Bobby Raquepo, BI-FSU acting chief, said McMahon arrived in Manila on Oct. 2 last year and did not leave the country since then.
Raquepo said McMahon eluded arrest in the US for six years before he fled to the Philippines.
“We will put him in our blacklist to prevent him from re-entering our country,” the BI official added.
