Raleigh police have made two arrests in last month’s deadly shooting at the Patio Nightclub, RPD said Friday.
The March 22 shooting left 33-year-old Jorge Dorantes-Carranza dead and another man seriously injured.
Giovanny Hernandez-Jaramillo, 35, was arrested at a home in Houston on Friday morning by U.S. marshals and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Police say the second person remains hospitalized and is being treated for serious injuries.
Hernandez-Jaramillo was charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury
RPD officers arrested Martha Jones, 52, on Thursday at a home in Raleigh. She was charged with felony accessory after the fact. Court documents indicate Jones assisted the shooting suspect after the killing.
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Court documents state Jones gave Hernandez-Jamarillo a new cellphone and money to help him flee North Carolina. Detectives said she was still communicating with him as recently as Wednesday night but would not disclose his location.
“We understand that this is your family member. But you know, we don’t want anyone else to get hurt. We don’t want them to be hurt or killed. We need your help, right? But with that, they do a soft warning of look, and if we find out that you’re helping to harbor them, there’s an additional federal charge for harboring,” Retired FBI agent Frank Brostrom said. “It’s very serious when you harbor a fugitive, especially in a homicide case where you’re letting you know someone who just killed somebody escape, and you’re, you’re trying to help them escape; they could harm someone else.”
On Friday night, Dorante Carranza’s family gathered to honor him, describing him as a devoted father and beloved older brother. They said they have struggled since his death.
Brostrom explained how investigators typically begin tracking a fugitive, starting with basic questions about a suspect’s background and possible connections.
“Where are they from? Do they have other addresses in other states? Well, they’re going to set leads to those other states for those addresses to look for them,” Brostrom said.
He said agents rely on a range of tools, including fugitive warrants, interviews with family and friends, and careful warnings about the consequences of helping a suspect evade capture.
Brostrom added that investigators also use technology such as social media and cellphone data to locate suspects, gathering “every piece of the puzzle” to help families find closure and justice.
In addition to FBI Houston, the Houston Police Department, the Houston Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (FIST), and the USMS Gulf Coast Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force all assisted in tracking and arresting Hernandez-Jaramillo.
Hernandez-Jaramillo is expected to face an extradition hearing to return him to North Carolina.
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