Mercer Co. Man Arrested In Arizona For Trenton Double Homicide

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — A Trenton man charged with killing two men in an October shooting was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Tucson, Arizona, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said.

Gabriel Vilorio-Jaquez, 33, of Cleveland Avenue, Trenton, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force in Tucson. He is currently being held in the Pima County Jail in Arizona pending an extradition hearing.

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Around 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 29, Trenton police received a Shot Spotter activation in the first block of Cleveland Avenue. On arrival, officers found two shooting victims. Everth Barrera, 56, of Ewing, was pronounced dead at the scene while Edwin Obdulio Gomez Interiano, 41, of Trenton was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later, police said. According to authorities, Vilorio-Jaquez rented a residence from Barrera. Read More Here: 2 Men Fatally Shot In Mercer County Friday Morning: Prosecutor

Vilorio-Jaquez is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful person, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and one count of second-degree certain persons not to possess a firearm.

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