Sunday, January 17, 2010

Yakima- man arrested in homicide of CPV

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima police have arrested a man in the Friday night shooting death of another man on South 26th Avenue.

Sgt. Scot Levno said in a news release this morning that Bobby Ray Zapien, 37, was taken into custody at about midnight Saturday at the Red Carpet Motel, 1608 Fruitvale Blvd. Information was sketchy on how Zapien was identified as the suspect in the shooting.

He was arrested about 24 hours after Luis E. Gonzales, 32, (CPV) died at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital from a gunshot wound to the head. Gonzales and another man were working on a car in a driveway in the 1000 block of South 26th Avenue when a lone gunman approached and shot Gonzales once.

A witness told police it appeared the gunman fled in a light-colored, newer minivan.

Zapien was taken to the Yakima County Jail after his arrest and booked on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Gonzales’ death was the first homicide in the city of Yakima in 2010.

— Yakima Herald-Republic staff

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/01/17/man-arrested-in-yakima-s-first-homicide-of-2010

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