{"id":203424,"date":"2015-06-04T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=203424"},"modified":"2015-06-04T06:06:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T20:06:02","slug":"atf-offers-5k-cash-reward-for-info-in-guards-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/atf-offers-5k-cash-reward-for-info-in-guards-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"ATF offers $5K cash reward for info in guard\u2019s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects in the fatal shooting of security guard James Patrick Deleon Guerrero inside a poker arcade in Afetnas.<\/p>\n<p>ATF special agent\/public information officer Brian Bennett in a press release said anyone with information about the murder of Deleon Guerrero should contact ATF at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (800-283-4867).<\/p>\n<p>Bennett said anyone with information may also call the Department of Public Safety at 670-664-9001 or Crime Stoppers at 670-234-7272<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll calls will be kept confidential,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n<p>The ATF public information officer said that, on April 21, 2015 at 5:45am, an armed suspect shot at the Royal Poker Arcade\u2019s cashier in a failed robbery attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett said the suspect subsequently fatally shot security guard Deleon Guerrero before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The cashier was not hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Autopsy showed that the victim died of a gunshot wound to the right side of his chest.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect failed to get any money and fled on foot, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police found the victim\u2019s body in the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the surveillance camera\u2019s footage shows the armed suspect, approximately 5\u20198\u201d to 5\u201910\u201d tall, medium build, walked in wearing a gray military pattern dress uniform, black mask covering his face.<\/p>\n<p>Police have stated have very strong leads in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Public Safety Commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero told Saipan Tribune last night that he is unaware of any federal or state law enforcement agency that\u2019s offering a reward for the poker homicide incident.<\/p>\n<p>Deleon Guerrero, however, stated that if indeed the ATF is making such an offer, this, they hope would be enough of an incentive for individuals with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said DPS welcomes this development and that he urged members of the community to work with authorities and share what they know about this incident. \u201cLastly, I thank the ATF for having made this case a priority of their agency,\u201d Deleon Guerrero said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 cash reward for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[54,4093,5098,5099],"class_list":["post-203424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","tag-agency","tag-atf","tag-brian-bennett","tag-royal-poker-arcade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}