By Associated Press - Wednesday, June 21, 2017

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A suspect in a 2016 Tacoma gang initiation killing has been booked into jail.

The News Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/2sBoh3j ) 26-year-old Juan Jose Gaitan Vasquez was charged in March with one count of first-degree murder in the April 2016 death of Samuel Cruces-Vasquez.

Two other suspects, 30-year-old Cesar Chicas Carballo and 25-year-old Jose Ayala Reyes, have already been arraigned in their cases and pleaded not guilty.



Cruces-Vasquez was found to be run over by a vehicle and stabbed. He later died at a nearby hospital.

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Information from: The News Tribune, https://www.thenewstribune.com

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