KENT, Wash. — A 44-year-old man from Kent was arrested Wednesday evening on first-degree murder charges related to the March 2025 homicide of 23-year-old Axel Chirinos-Banegas.
Renton police detectives say the suspect drove the getaway car after he and 56-year-old Huy “Alex” Huu Nguyen killed Chirinos-Banegas.
Renton police said Chirinos-Banegas was found dead by a family member in his apartment on March 5, 2025. Investigators believe he died a few days earlier. Detectives think the suspects targeted the apartment for robbery, rather than it being a random attack…