Charlottesville Police yesterday arrested Demonte Marquis Burgess in connection with the January 22 murder of Miguel Salazar and the shooting of Rafael Valina Ayala, at Mountain View Mobile Park in the 1600 block of 6th Street SE. Burgess is 19.
There are five additional felony counts against Burgess tied to the January shooting. In addition to those charges, he faces four other charges "related to an incident that occurred on May 9, 2010 in Albemarle County," according to the news release from Police Chief Tim Longo.
Police are giving no other information at this time.
Reports at the time of the January incident said that Salazar, 32, was shot in the head. Arriving at the scene, police found four Hispanic men, including Ayala, who was shot in the shoulder. According to the preliminary reports, the group had been approached by two African-American males. Following a confrontation and gunshots being fired, those two men fled the scene.
Demonte Burgess, 19, was arrested yesterday afternoon in connection with the January murder of Miguel Salazar.
