MOUNT VERNON, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Two suspects have been arrested following the murder of a man in Mount Vernon last month.
Mount Vernon Police Lt. Dave Shackleton says a teenage boy and an adult male were taken into custody in Oak Harbor on Wednesday, April 2.
My Bellingham Now previously reported that a man, now identified as 18-year-old Alan Mora-Gomez, was shot and killed at a gas station near Skagit Valley College on March 17.
Shackleton says investigators used surveillance footage of the escape vehicle to identify the two suspects.
The adult, identified as 21-year-old Jose Lozano of Everett, was booked into the Skagit County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. The juvenile suspect, identified as a17-year-old boy, was booked into Skagit Juvenile Detention.
Police are still asking anyone with information to come forward as the investigation continues by calling (360) 428-3211.