A late-summer drive-by shooting in Moses Lake ended with one man dead and two others wounded. Jeremy Flores, 36, was shot in the head and died on the evening of Sunday, August 13, 2023; the incident occurred in the 800 block of Loop Drive. Two other males, ages 16 and 18, were injured but not reported to have life-threatening wounds.

Investigators described the attack as gang-related and recovered more than fifty shell casings at the scene. Detectives worked the case for a month and obtained arrest warrants on September 14, 2023. A multiagency operation over the following days led to the arrests of five people across several jurisdictions: two adults, Anthony N. Cruz, 19, of Moses Lake, and Ramon V. Mendoza, 31, of Warden, and three juveniles, a 13-year-old from Moses Lake and two 15-year-olds from East Wenatchee and an unincorporated part of Douglas County. The adult defendants face second-degree murder, drive-by shooting and multiple assault counts; bail for each adult was set at one million dollars, and juvenile bonds ranged from $500,000 to $750,000.

Did anyone in the Moses Lake area see or hear anything that night on Loop Drive?