A gathering at a home in the 14700 block of Birchdale Avenue in Woodbridge, Virginia, on May 26, 2023, ended in deadly violence. An attendee produced a firearm and began shooting; four men were struck. Officers arriving about 2:30 p.m. found 37-year-old Edwin Geovanny Salmeron dead outside and three others wounded inside, one of them 23-year-old Woodbridge resident Kevin Josue Vallecillo Mendoza. All three wounded men were taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Luis Alonzo Salgado-Rivas, 41, later died the same day; Kevin Vallecillo Mendoza succumbed to his wounds on May 27, 2023. A fourth victim, a 21-year-old man, was seriously injured and expected to survive.

Investigators concluded the shooting did not appear random and identified 28-year-old Donald Antonio Barahona Quinonez as the primary suspect, issuing warrants charging him with three counts of murder, one count of aggravated malicious wounding, four counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and four counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling. A reward of up to $10,000 was offered for information leading to his capture. Reports state Barahona Quinonez was arrested in El Salvador on January 22, 2024; extradition efforts were underway to bring him back to the United States.

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