Kennewick- 12 arrested in inter-gang brawl

KENNEWICK, WA-- Members of the same gang reportedly got into a bloody fight this morning, sending several people to the hospital and 12 to jail.

It took officers from at least three Tri-City agencies to sort out the mess at a Kennewick home.

Police were first called at 1:28 a.m. for a report of multiple people fighting in front of a unit at 2217 W. 12th Ave. Officers watched people run into the home as they arrived, said Kennewick Officer Tony Valdez.

Broken beer bottles and clothing, all covered in blood, littered the front yard, he said.

“The suspects could be seen inside but refused to come to the door,” Valdez said in a news release.

That’s when police learned that a woman was being treated in a Tri-City hospital emergency room for an apparent assault at the 12th Avenue address.

Officers with Kennewick’s Criminal Apprehension Team then arrived at the scene and received a telephonic search warrant to enter the home, Valdez said.

Once inside, police allegedly found 14 “highly uncooperative,” intoxicated men and women. Valdez said some of them were identified as Mexican Pride/Sureno gang members.

A number of the people had to be medically cleared for injuries suffered in the fight before being booked into the Benton County jail, he said.

Joshua Lee Acevedo, 20, received three staples for a head injury. It is his home where police said the fight broke out.

Also injured was Andres Ray Rodriguez, 25, who got four staples for a cut to his head, police said. Washington State Patrol troopers and Benton County sheriff’s deputies helped transport all the suspects to jail.

Those arrested were:

- Acevedo of Kennewick

- Rodriguez of Pasco

- Guadalupe Angelina Sanchez, 19, of Kennewick

- Martin Gerardo Pizarro, 19, of Kennewick

- Clarissa Montes, 18, of Pasco

- Greg Anthony Perez, 25, of Kennewick

- Sulema S. Vasquez, 19, of Pasco

- David Balbuena, 20, of Pasco

- Jesse Sifuentes, 39, of Kennewick

- Jaime R. Mercado, 36, of Kennewick

- Trevino Ignacio, 27, of Pasco

The name of the 12th person arrested was not listed in the news release.

The investigative hold for each suspect ranges from minor in possession/consumption of alcohol and possession of marijuana to maintaining a public nuisance and obstructing.

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