DC - Toddler shot dead and mother injured by stray bullets - 2/15/2023

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MSN

According to the department, Israel Fuentes Jr.,33, of Lewisdale, and Johnny Alejandro Turcios, 28, of Lewisdale are charged in connection with the murder of two-year-old Jeremy Poou-Caceres of the Chillum area.

 

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Assistant State’s Attorney Giovanna Miller, however, noted that Granados-Trejo is “a co-conspirator or an accomplice” in a murder — and has previously failed to appear in court at least three times while also using several aliases.

Judge Donnaka Varner Lewis agreed that he’s a flight risk and ordered him held without bail

Four other suspects have been arrested in the case – Israel Fuentes, 33, Johnny Alejandro Turciosa, 28, and two teenage boys, a 15-year-old and 16-year-old both charged as adults.

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Jeremy Poou-Caceres, 2, was killed while out for a walk with his mom.

Fuentes and Turcios are said to have been in one of the groups in the shootout, while the two teenagers were in another.

Granados-Trejo admitted to police that he was riding in a stolen Ford Explorer with Fuentes and Turcios at the time of the shooting – and that he saw Fuentes “shooting a firearm during the incident,” according to documents cited by the outlet.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore rep James Covington confirmed told FOX 5 that Granados-Trejo is in the US illegally.

Illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged with murder in shootout that killed 2-year-old boy, injured teen mom

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador who faced deportation orders and had run-ins with the law has been charged with murdering a 2-year-old Maryland boy caught in a shootout while in a park with h…

nypost.com

 

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Turcious, of Hyattsville, faced 11 counts, including the first- and second-degree murder of 2-year-old Jeremy Poou-Caceres. The jury convicted him of three counts: attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder of one of the men targeted in the shooting, and prohibited possession of a regulated firearm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/05/20/two-year-old-killed-man-jury-acquit/