The suspect was arrested without incident shortly after 6 a.m. at 55 Fernwold St.
Syracuse police Sgt. Tom Connellan speaks at a news conference on the homicide on South Geddes Street in August, 2010.SPRINGFIELD – State police raided an East Springfield neighborhood home early Wednesday and arrested a 24-year-old man wanted in connection with a Syracuse, N.Y. homicide.
Emilier “Emmy” Carrasquillo-Fuentes was arrested without incident shortly after 6 a.m. at 55 Fernwold St., according to a press release issued by state police. Local police and federal agents assisted in the raid.
The arrest culminates a two-month investigation when investigators learned of the suspect’s ties to Massachusetts, state police said.
Carrasquillo-Fuentes is wanted in connection with an August 21, 2010 double-shooting at a Mobil gas station parking lot on South Geddes Street in Syracuse. One victim, 25-year-old Luis Quinonez-Osorio, died in the shooting. The shooting injured 25-year-old Yojan Ceballos.
Investigators believe since that time the suspect has attempted to evade capture by changing his appearance, moving frequently and receiving assistance from associates.
Carrasquillo-Fuentes will be brought to District Court for arraignment as a fugitive from justice later today. Local authorities will then work to arrange his rendition to New York to answer to the murder and attempted murder charges against him, state police said.
Participants in the arrest included members of the Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force, FBI agents and Springfield and Chicopee police officers.
Jesus Carmona, 15, was sentenced in January to 10 years to life in New York state prison for his role in the shooting. Carmona pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree assault.
According to The Post-Standard of Syracuse, investigators believe a second gunman fired the .45-caliber bullets that struck and killed Quinonez-Osorio. Carmona is believed to have fired a shot from a 9 mm handgun that injured Ceballos. Under New York law, Onondaga County Judge Anthony Aloi explained at the sentencing, Carmona was equally responsible as the man who fired the fatal shot.
Carmona was prosecuted as an adult because of the seriousness of the crime.