On the evening of March 4, 2023, gunfire at the intersection of Spruce Street and Lanier Avenue in Pascagoula, Mississippi, left 25-year-old Miguel Vasquez-Cruz, a Hispanic male, dead at the scene. Two other people were found injured; one of those victims, Bryan Franco Sanchez, later died from his wounds.

The Pascagoula Police Department identified 32-year-old Jerbert Burgos-Cotto as the primary suspect and named Silkia Lopez a second person of interest. Burgos-Cotto was publicly described as armed and dangerous and a manhunt followed. On March 9, 2023, authorities stopped a vehicle on Interstate 10 in Mobile County, Alabama, and took Burgos-Cotto and Lopez into custody without incident.

Burgos-Cotto was charged with the murder of Miguel Vasquez-Cruz, and Lopez was charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Both were held at the Mobile County Metro Jail pending extradition to Mississippi; investigators indicated additional charges could follow.

If anyone has information about Miguel, the shooting, or the events that night, please come forward.