Suspect Wanted In Salem Double Shooting: Police

SALEM, MA —Salem police have identified a suspect wanted on warrants for home invasion and armed assault with intent to murder in connection with the double shooting on Perkins Street Sunday night.

Police identified Wesly Jordan Alcin, 23, who remains at large, as a suspect in the shootings. Police said he also has outstanding warrants on two counts of assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling and carrying a loaded firearm without a license.

The two victims, a 30-year-old Salem woman and a 33-year-old Lynn man, suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Police said both were in stable condition early Friday morning.

"The investigation to date has determined that the shootings were not a random act and it appears that the victims may know their attacker," Salem police spokesman Capt. Fred Ryan said on Friday.

Anyone with information on this incident or the suspect's location is urged to call the Salem Police Criminal Investigations Division at 978-745-9700 or the anonymous tip line at 978-619-5627.

Callers do not need to give their names.

Salem Acting Police Chief Dennis King said on Monday events like this can be traumatic for a community.

"We want the community to know that our detectives are working diligently to locate and apprehend the shooter and bring a sense of safety back to the neighborhood," King said in the release. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families."

(Patch editor Colleen Martin contributed to this report.)