Criminal complaint: Cedar Rapids man brandishing gun pulled girl from vehicle outside Kwik Star

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man holding a replica pellet gun pulled a girl from the vehicle of a man he was threatening to kill, according to a Linn County criminal complaint.

At about 4 a.m. Christmas morning, Cedar Rapids police were dispatched to the Kwik Star at 4141 Center Point Rd. NE. Matthew Falco-Tirado, 19, of Cedar Rapids, allegedly had approached a vehicle while brandishing a replica pellet gun and yelling at the occupants to get out of the vehicle. Falco-Tirado pulled a girl out of the back seat and threatened to kill the man inside, according to the complaint.

Falco-Tirado was arrested and taken to the Linn County Jail on charges of first-degree robbery, a Class B felony; two counts of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon, aggravated misdemeanors; and first-degree harassment, an aggravated misdemeanor.