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ATF offers $5K cash reward for info in guard’s murder
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects in the fatal shooting of security guard James Patrick Deleon Guerrero inside a poker arcade in Afetnas.
ATF special agent/public information officer Brian Bennett in a press release said anyone with information about the murder of Deleon Guerrero should contact ATF at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (800-283-4867).
Bennett said anyone with information may also call the Department of Public Safety at 670-664-9001 or Crime Stoppers at 670-234-7272
“All calls will be kept confidential,” Bennett said.
The ATF public information officer said that, on April 21, 2015 at 5:45am, an armed suspect shot at the Royal Poker Arcade’s cashier in a failed robbery attempt.
Bennett said the suspect subsequently fatally shot security guard Deleon Guerrero before fleeing the scene.
The cashier was not hurt.
Autopsy showed that the victim died of a gunshot wound to the right side of his chest.
The suspect failed to get any money and fled on foot, police said.
Police found the victim’s body in the bathroom.
Police said the surveillance camera’s footage shows the armed suspect, approximately 5’8” to 5’10” tall, medium build, walked in wearing a gray military pattern dress uniform, black mask covering his face.
Police have stated have very strong leads in the case.
Department of Public Safety Commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero told Saipan Tribune last night that he is unaware of any federal or state law enforcement agency that’s offering a reward for the poker homicide incident.
Deleon Guerrero, however, stated that if indeed the ATF is making such an offer, this, they hope would be enough of an incentive for individuals with information to come forward.
The commissioner said DPS welcomes this development and that he urged members of the community to work with authorities and share what they know about this incident. “Lastly, I thank the ATF for having made this case a priority of their agency,” Deleon Guerrero said.
