Officials on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old Vancouver man as the person fatally shot Jan. 29 at a park in the Van Mall neighborhood.
Jerry Moises Lopez Flores died from multiple gunshot wounds. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide, meaning it resulted from another person’s deliberate action. The ruling does not make any judgments about criminal culpability.
Vancouver police responded at 4:24 p.m. to Jaggy Road Park in the 4500 block of Northeast 72nd Avenue for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a man, later identified as Lopez Flores, dead, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Officers detained Machou Machou, 23, who police say was running away and matched the shooter’s description. During a later interview, officers said Machou admitted to shooting the man, according to court records.
