CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO)– Cayce Police say after years of continued investigative efforts and a person’s repeated attempts to evade law enforcement, an individual wanted in connection with a Cayce homicide has been taken into custody and charged.

Investigators say on June 14, 2021, police responded to a mobile home park on Groover Circle to check on a suspicious vehicle and a man slumped over the steering wheel.

Police say the man had been shot.

The investigation revealed Alberto Mendoza and the man were in an argument prior to the shooting.

Earlier this month on Dec. 1, police say they got a tip from the North Charleston Police Department that lead to Mendoza’s arrest.

Mendoza who was using an alias at the time of his arrest was taken to the Lexington County Detention Center, where he was

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