PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – Salem authorities have identified the man suspected of shooting three people during a dispute in February 2023 , but say he remains at large more than a year later.
Fermin Flores, 33, currently has a warrant for his arrest on a charge of second-degree murder during a “verbal dispute between several men” on Feb. 13, 2023.
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Officers had responded to “multiple calls of gunfire” near Arbon Drive and Vallejo Street NE, where they found three wounded people — two adult men and one teenage girl. Flores was nowhere to be found.
One of the men, 27-year-old Alejandro Silva-Ramirez of Salem, died at the scene while the other man and teenager survived their injuries, according to police.
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Evidence eventually led police to Flores, who also identifies as Alejandro Chavez Mando, several months later. Authorities described the suspect as 5-feet-3 with black hair and brown eyes, adding that he has a slender build and typically wears his head shaved with facial hair.