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2 Texas cheerleaders were shot after 1 tried to get in the wrong car after practice

Police in Elgin, Texas say 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. faces a third-degree felony count of deadly conduct after an early-morning shooting in an H-E-B parking lot. (Elgin Police Department)

A suspect is in custody after two elite high-school cheerleaders were shot — one of whom was critically injured — in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one of them mistakenly tried to get into the wrong car after a late-night practice.

Police in Elgin, about 25 miles east of Austin, said in a release that 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. was charged with "deadly conduct," a third-degree felony. That's punishable by two to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to $10,000.

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