On a Saturday afternoon in Moses Lake, Washington, 24-year-old Hispanic male Radel P. Llamas Jr. was shot in his vehicle in the 1300 block of Marina Drive on September 11, 2021. Police arrived just before 3 p.m.; Llamas was taken to Samaritan Hospital and later died from a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The Moses Lake Police Department opened the case as a homicide.

Detectives and the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab searched Llamas’s vehicle, canvassed for witnesses and reviewed nearby business surveillance. A 911 call from a nearby tattoo parlor helped focus the inquiry. Investigators say evidence, witness statements and video placed 43-year-old Moses Lake resident Juan Alberto Flores with Llamas shortly before the shooting and showed Flores leaving the area afterward. Flores was arrested at his workplace early the following Friday and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder. Authorities reported the weapon had not been recovered and said the shooting did not appear gang-related.

If anyone saw activity in the Marina Drive area around 3 p.m. on September 11, 2021, or has information about the vehicle Flores was driving that day, please come forward.