Wilber Oswaldo Nunez-Menendez, 28, of Crownsville, pleaded guilty to second-degree counts of murder and attempted murder, as well as two counts of use of a handgun in a violent crime in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court in Annapolis, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said.
The charges stem from a November 2020 incident in which Anne Arundel Police responded to a home on Brick Church Road in Edgewater and found Ronal Alcids Maldonado Quijana, 52, dead from gunshot wounds. A 28-year-old man had also been shot, Daily Voice reported.
Witnesses told police they were at an outdoor party with friends and co-workers when a former co-worker arrived with his nephew, who got into a verbal argument with another guest.
The nephew then pulled out a handgun and shot the victims multiple times before fleeing with the former co-worker in a pickup truck.
Nunez-Menendez was identified as the shooter with help from law enforcement databases and other associates. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but authorities found that he had fled to El Salvador.