Cleveland, Ohio: U.S. Marshals Arrest Club Alma Yaucana Murder Suspect in Massachusetts

U.S. Marshals arrested the man Cleveland police want for murder in the October shooting outside Club Alma Yaucana, ending a search that crossed state lines. Members of the Marshals fugitive task force in Holyoke, Massachusetts, took Juan Antonio Lozada Delgado, 47, into custody on Tuesday afternoon, the Marshals Service said. He was arrested without incident at a home in the 100 block of Elm Street in Holyoke, about two hours west of Boston.

Cleveland Boricua reported, citing Western Mass News and police, that officers located Lozada Delgado around 2:20 p.m. near 173 Elm Street, with Holyoke police, Springfield police and state police among the agencies involved, and that he also faces Massachusetts counts of fugitive from justice on a court warrant.

The October shooting on West 25th Street

The shooting happened around 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, October 4, in the 2600 block of West 25th Street, outside the club. FOX 8 reported in October, citing police spokesperson Freddy Diaz, that a confrontation in the business parking lot turned violent, a firearm was produced and shots were fired. Responding officers found two men with gunshot wounds.

The two victims were a father and his son. Both were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where Jose Pedraza, 48, of Cleveland, was pronounced dead, FOX 8 reported. Cleveland 19 News identified Pedraza at the time, citing the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. His son, 22, was in critical condition and expected to survive in the first reports after the shooting. Relatives have identified the injured son as Gadiel and have appealed for support for the family.

FOX 8 reported that investigators were seeking security video from parking lot cameras that faced the area of the shooting, and police asked witnesses to share information. No motive for the confrontation has been established in the public reports.

A search that left Ohio

The Marshals Service said investigators identified Lozada Delgado as a suspect quickly and obtained a warrant for his arrest. Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force believed he had fled Ohio for the East Coast shortly after the shooting. Information about his possible whereabouts reached investigators in Massachusetts earlier in November, and task force members located and arrested him on Tuesday.

"Violent fugitives may cross state lines to evade capture, but they cannot escape the reach of strong law enforcement partnerships," Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Matt Lawlor of the District of Massachusetts said in the Marshals announcement.

Lozada Delgado was also wanted by the Marshals Service for an alleged violation of his federal supervised release, tied to a 2016 drug case in the District of Puerto Rico, the agency said. He will remain in custody in Massachusetts until he can be extradited back to Ohio to face his state and federal charges. The Marshals announcement gave no extradition date and no Ohio court date. The murder charge and the supervised release allegation are allegations, not findings of guilt.

Anyone with information about a wanted fugitive can contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED. Cleveland police have also asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact the Homicide Unit at 216-623-5464, the number provided in the October FOX 8 report.