Quincy man sought in connection with East Wenatchee murder
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 11 months AGO
Juan Carlos Vasquez-Hernandez is wanted in connection with a shooting in East Wenatchee that left one dead. While Vasquez-Hernandez was not the shooter, he allegedly gave the shooter a ride away from the scene of the crime.
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Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | April 20, 2023 6:00 PM
EAST WENATCHEE — A Quincy man is being sought by Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies in connection with an April 17 shooting that left an East Wenatchee man dead.
Juan Carlos Vasquez-Hernandez, 35, is being sought on charges of complicity in second-degree murder.
“He has not been caught. He is still at large,” said Douglas County Undersheriff Tyler Caille Thursday afternoon.
Vasquez-Hernandez allegedly gave the suspect in the shooting, Erik Farias-Reyes, 31, East Wenatchee, a ride away from the scene, according to a DCSO press release.
An earlier DCSO press release said sheriff’s deputies were flagged down at about 1:18 a.m. April 17 by a driver in the 200 block of Grant Road. Inside the vehicle deputies found Elias Mora-Ontiveros, 23, Rock Island, who had suffered a gunshot wound to the torso, the press release said.
Mora-Ontiveros was transported to Confluence Health-Central Washington Hospital, where he died, the release said.
The shooting allegedly stemmed from a verbal dispute and occurred in the 10 block of South Union Avenue, East Wenatchee. Farias-Reyes allegedly fired a 10mm handgun into the vehicle in which Mora-Ontiveros was a passenger, the press release said. The driver was unhurt, it said.
Farias-Reyes and Sabrina McCubbin, 24, East Wenatchee, were arrested April 19 in Wenatchee.
Farias-Reyes was subsequently booked into the Chelan County Regional Jail for second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and an outstanding warrant.
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