"He was a big man and he had a big heart to go with it," Smith said. Garcia, 54, sat on the board of the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators and another board member, Bradley Smith, described him as a "gentle giant." It's not known if he was wearing the devices Tuesday. "He always performed his investigations with the utmost integrity," Peters said, adding that Garcia commonly wore both audio and visual recording devices while working. Peters said he didn't know Bernal, 33, but had been friends with Garcia for a decade and said he would not misrepresent himself. They later presented themselves to a receptionist and the general manager in the same way, Ford said. The owner of the dealership, Rick Ford, told The Associated Press by email Wednesday that the two men called the dealership earlier and identified themselves as federal agents. Hutchinson and the two investigators died at the scene. Hutchinson was more prepared for a gunfight." Garcia felt the defendant would ultimately appear at that dealership," Peters said.
The other two fired as well and Lucas said about 20 shots were fired in the span of six seconds. The men fought as Hutchinson retrieved his weapon and began firing. Garcia and Bernal drew their weapons and Hutchinson responded by drawing his own pistol, which he dropped, according to a statement from Kathy Lucas, spokeswoman for the city of Greenville. A woman associated with Hutchinson had her car there.Īfter an hours-long wait for Hutchinson to appear, the two bounty hunters approached Tuesday evening. It's not clear what brought Hutchinson to Texas but Peters said he received a phone call Tuesday from Fidel Garcia Jr., a private investigator based in Corpus Christi, Texas, to say Garcia and colleague Gabriel Bernal had tracked Hutchinson to the dealership. Paul, Minnesota, was facing several charges that included assaulting a law enforcement officer. Hutchinson, listed in court records as a resident of St. Fugitive Recovery and Extradition, said Hutchinson had been sought since March when he failed to appear for a court hearing in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis. Stew Peters, a bail investigator with the private Minnesota-based company U.S. The two men had pursued Ramon Michael Hutchinson, 49, to a Nissan dealership in Greenville, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Dallas Tuesday.
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