From the Yakima Herald-Republic Online News.


Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009

Man charged in Halloween party shooting

Yakima Herald-Republic

 

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A 19-year-old Yakima man was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in a fatal shooting near downtown Yakima last weekend.

Marcos Antonio Rojas was also charged with first-degree assault in Yakima County Superior Court in connection with the triple shooting early Sunday in the 300 block of North Seventh Street.

Police say Rojas, a known gang member, killed 34-year-old Jason Baldoz and wounded two other men outside a Halloween party.

He was arrested Sunday afternoon about two blocks from where the shooting took place and is being held on $750,000 bail.