U.S. Marshals, Partner Agencies Launch Manhunt for 2 Murder Suspects Wanted in Moses Lake, Wash., Drive-By Shooting

Spokane, WA – The U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF), are working closely with the Moses Lake Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Washington State Department of Corrections, U.S. Border Patrol, and the FBI to locate and apprehend two fugitives suspected in a drive-by shooting March 21 in Moses Lake that claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy and left four others—three juveniles and one adult -- critically injured.

A reward of up to $10,000 ($5,000 per fugitive) is available for information leading directly to their arrests. The suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.

The Moses Lake Police Department identified three suspects and recovered an abandoned vehicle linked to the crime. On March 22, the U.S. Marshals Service PNVOTF was requested to adopt the fugitive investigation.

On March 24, at the request of the U.S. Marshals, the Richland Police Department arrested a juvenile suspect at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. The suspect, who had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg, is charged with first-degree murder.

Arrest warrants for the two remaining fugitives were issued March 25, charging both with murder in the first degree, five counts of assault in the first degree, drive-by shooting, and felon in possession of a firearm.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office or local law enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102, or at USMS Tips.

The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force is a U.S. Marshals-led partnership comprising federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The task force’s primary mission is to locate, arrest and return to the justice system the most violent and egregious federal and state fugitives.