AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The man charged in shooting a security guard with an AR-style weapon in June is also charged with entering the country illegally.

Carlos Vidana-Najera, 41, was arrested on August 14 at a home near Redwood and Pecan after nearly two months of hiding from authorities.

Police say that on June 29, Vidana-Najera showed up to an event center near North Fillmore and 7th Avenue with an AR-style rifle and began to force a woman (later identified as his wife) into his truck.

When a security guard attempted to intervene, police say Vidana-Najera fired his weapon at the guard and fled with the woman .

The gunfire struck the security guard in the face and neck.

Since his arrest two weeks ago, Vidana-Najera as been held in Potter County Detention Center for charges of a

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