WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A man wanted for opening fire at a Dale City house party, killing three people back in May, is in custody in El Salvador. Prince William County Police detectives are working to extradite the alleged shooter back to Virginia to face murder charges.
Police announced the arrest of 28-year-old Donald Antonio Barahona Quinonez on Tuesday, nearly eight months after the shooting.
According to the Prince William County Police Department, officers were called to a home in the 14700 block of Birchdale Avenue in Woodbridge around 2:30 p.m. on May 26, 2023.
When officers arrived, they found four men had been shot during a party at the house. Three victims were found shot inside the house and a fourth was located outside. Officers attempted to help the men until fire and EMS could arrive but one of the victims, 37-year-old Edwin Geovanny Salmeron, died at the home.
The three other victims were taken to area hospitals for help. Luis Alonzo Salgado-Rivas, 41, died at the hospital that same day and Kevin Josue Vallecillo Mendoza, 23, died from his injuries the next day.
The fourth victim, only identified as a 21-year-old man, was expected to survive at the time. Police have not released any further details about his condition since the shooting.
Investigators say Quinonez was arrested Monday by the Special Forces of the National Civil Police in El Salvador, where he remains in custody. Prince William County Police are working with federal partners and authorities in El Salvador to secure the man's extradition back to the United States for court proceedings related to this investigation.
Quinonez is charged with three counts of murder, one count of aggravated malicious wounding, four counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony and four counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling.
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