Crime

UPDATE: Coroner identifies 26-year-old man gunned down in Pasco alley

A 26-year-old Pasco man died in an alley late Thursday after being shot several times, police said.

It was the first murder in Franklin County this year.

People reported hearing gunshots in a residential neighborhood shortly after 11 p.m. When Pasco officers arrived in the 1900 block of West Hopkins Street, they found Jose Alejandro Garcia-Lopez already dead with multiple gunshot wounds.

Detectives investigated the scene Friday morning, but had left by 10 a.m. No arrests have been made.

Franklin County Coroner Curtis McGary said the autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday in Snohomish County.

Pasco has had a series of shootings in recent weeks, including a drive-by incident two blocks away on the 1700 bock of West Hopkins Street.

Police are asking anyone with information to call police at 509-545-3421 or the non-emergency dispatch number at 509-628-0333.

Pasco police are investigating a murder in an alley near the 1900 block of West Hopkins Street.
Pasco police are investigating a murder in an alley near the 1900 block of West Hopkins Street. Pasco Police Department


This story was originally published August 6, 2021 at 9:00 AM.

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Cameron Probert
Tri-City Herald
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