Richland motel murder suspect cornered in Pasco neighborhood
A suspect in a Richland murder was caught in a Pasco home after an hour-long standoff on Tuesday.
Police spotted Jonah Wayne Glass in a Livingston Road neighborhood shortly after 2:20 p.m. and followed him to nearby home, said Richland police Capt. Chris Lee.
After searching an RV and the surrounding area, they learned Glass was inside.
Officers began negotiations with Glass until he surrendered shortly after 3:30 p.m.
Detectives had been hunting for the 23-year-old suspect since Friday’s deadly shooting at a Richland motel. A nationwide warrant was issued on charges of premeditated first-degree murder with bail set at $1 million.
Glass is charged with killing Anthony M. Irvine while he was in bed with Glass’ ex-girlfriend at the Days Inn on Jadwin Avenue.
Glass allegedly worked with Joselyn Guzman, 29, of Kennewick, to ambush Irvine at the motel, said court documents.
Police were called to the room after someone reported a man had been shot in the head.
One person told police that shortly before the shooting, Guzman had been inside the room talking to someone on her cellphone, documents said.
She then left the room to go to her car but did not shut the door.
That’s when police say Glass — wearing a blue-colored bandana and dark-colored clothes — entered the room with a gun, walked to the second bed with Irvine in it and fired at him at least once, court documents said.
A woman in bed with Irvine, Jasmine Uribe, 26, was not hurt. Court documents say Irvine shielded her from Glass before he was shot.
Another man in the room, Fernando Gonzalez, also was not wounded.
He told investigators that he and Irvine smoked some fentanyl pills called Mexi’s the night before and fell asleep. He said he woke up on one of the beds just before the shooting.
Guzman reportedly had been at the motel room a couple times the night before and had left but was back that morning, said witnesses.
Police noted that while initially searching the room, they saw several calls come in to a phone left on one of the beds. The missed calls were from Guzman.
After her arrest, Guzman told detectives that when she left the motel room to “gather her belongings and secure her car,” she passed a man wearing a bandana over his face but didn’t think much of it “because of the recent concerns with COVID-19,” documents said.
Guzman claimed she was by her car when she heard a loud “pop” come from Irvine’s room. She eventually left and was later arrested by Pasco police while driving with her boyfriend.
The stolen Mazda was found Friday parked at Crosspointe Apartments in Kennewick. It was not occupied but had been left running.
Police believe Glass changed his clothes at the Kennewick apartment and then had two friends take him to some unknown place in Pasco, said court documents.
This story was originally published April 21, 2020 at 4:22 PM.