Crime at 23500 BLOCK 16TH AVE S on 11/20/2025 12:00 AM
Type: Other
Date: 11/20/2025 12:00 AM
Description: All Other Offenses
Address: 23500 BLOCK 16TH AVE S, DES MOINES, WA
Case Number: C25036199
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Name
Erled Lopez-MosqueraAge
23Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Pierce County Sheriff’s detectives need your help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for the murder of 23 year-old Erled Lopez-Mosquera of Tacoma. On the morning of Friday August 22nd, 2014, a witness reported a suspicious vehicle parked in the 1200 block of 144th St. E. In the Parkland area. When deputies checked the vehicle, they located victim Erled Lopez-Mosquera inside the vehicle; the victim was deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives believe the victim was shot at a different location, then his body was loaded into the vehicle and dumped at the location overnight prior to being found by the witness. Erled “Niko” Lopez-Mosquera was an immigrant from Columbia. Detectives are looking for any information on Lopez-Mosquera’s whereabouts and any suspicious persons seen with him on the day before he was found deceased.Agency
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