Gang member for murder when shooting the man's death in Skate Park | Crimes and dishes

A member of the Norteño gang is accused of having killed a man in front of his three children in a skate park in Yakima.

Yakima County Prosecutors Charft Jesus Ramiro Rodriguez, 22, with second-Degree Murder and Two Counts of Second-Degree Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in Connection with the Shooting at Chesterley Park on May 12. The firearms Charges Charges Stem From Rodriguez's Prior Conviction for Third-Degree Assault in Yakima County Juvenile Court in 2019, and Being the Subject of a residential order.

Rodriguez is accused of shot Raul Rudy Macias (36) in Skate Park in the North 40th Avenue Park.

The Yakima police were called to the skate park for a shootout at 7.20 p.m. to make Macias with a gunshot wound on his upper body and a spectator who carried out CPR according to a probable impossible explanation.

The officers took over resuscitation efforts, but paramedics declared Macias dead at the scene, said the affidavit. Macias' three children were with him and saw how he was shot, the police said.

Yakima County's deputy medical doctor, Marshall Lyd, said that an autopsy will be held this week in Macias in Benton County.

YPD capt. Chad Janis said the information at this time indicates that the shootout may have been related to a gang. In a court file it says that Rodriguez is a member of the Norteño gang and he was described as a transient.

Janis said there was no evidence that Macias was a gang member and that he tried to break up a dispute between Rodriguez and others.

A witness informed the police that Macias had been involved in a dispute with three men in the park when one of them, who was identified as Rodriguez, once shot Macias. He made a photo of his suspect's phone available to the police, said the affidavit.

The witness said Rodriguez wore red jogging pants and a red sweatshirt, said the affidavit and directed the weapon on him after shot Macias.

Sandra Macias, Macias Cousin, said he was in the park with his three sons when he was told that a fight took place. He went over to try to destroy the argument when he was shot, and her nephew told her.

YPD officers with the support of the State Patrol Troopers and the MPs of the Yakima County sheriff searched the area and found two of the men from the witnesses in the 3400 block of the Chesterley Lane between two houses. When the officers approached them, the men jumped a fence and ran, but were finally arrested.

One of the men was released after refusing to work together. The police took Rodriguez in custody.

The officials also searched the area of ​​which they believed that Rodriguez fled the shootout and found two firearms, a revolver and a 9mm gun, said the affidavit. Detective at the scene found a single 9 -mm shell case.

Rodriguez is captured in the Jakima County prison instead of a deposit of $ 200,000.

Macia's death is one of four murders in the city and one of seven in the county this year.