Salem police are seeking public help to locate a suspect in a 2023 shooting which left one man dead and injured a man and a teenage girl.
Police identified Fermin Flores, 33, as the suspect in a Monday afternoon news release. He also uses the name Alejandro Chavez Mando.
Around 9 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2023, a group of men got into a dispute by Northeast Arbon Drive and Northeast Vallejo street, police said, near the Northgate neighborhood.
Officers arrived to find two men with gunshot wounds. Alejandro Silva-Ramirez, 27, died at the scene, and another was taken to Salem Hospital.
Stray bullets from the shootout struck a nearby home and one round entered the home, striking a teenage girl who was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
Detectives said Monday they needed the public’s help to locate Flores. There is a warrant out for his arrest on the charge of second-degree murder.
“Detectives have exhausted all efforts to locate Flores and request the public’s help with this case,” a police statement said. “Flores is a Hispanic male adult, with black hair and brown eyes, is 5 foot 3 inches in height, and has a slender build. He generally wears his hair shaved and may have facial hair.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Salem police tips line at 503-588-8477.
“If you see Flores, call police authorities. Do not approach him. He is considered armed and dangerous,” the statement said.
Contact reporter Abbey McDonald: [email protected] or 503-575-1251.
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Abbey McDonald joined the Salem Reporter in 2022. She previously worked as the business reporter at The Astorian, where she covered labor issues, health care and social services. A University of Oregon grad, she has also reported for the Malheur Enterprise, The News-Review and Willamette Week.
