Osorio, Jairon Jeremias, 28

(Updated 4 Jan 2009, Map )

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Jairon Jeremias Osorio, 28 (8.135).

• Date: 31 Dec 2008, 2:39 pm
• Location: Lebanon Street, 1200 block , 20903  (639).
• (Address from Post; police say 1200 block Tahona Drive, but that's not a valid block).
• Shot; gunshot wounds to the upper body; possibly gang-related (see note below)
• Victim's address: University Boulevard East, 1400 block, 20783 (168).
• Sources:
• Police, 1 Jan 2009 (Johnson).
• Gazette, 2 Jan 2008 (McGill)
• Post, 1 Jan 2009 (Davis ).

Arrest

• Jose Mauricio Cruz-Mendez, 22
  
• Arrested 31 Dec 2008
• Charge: First degree murder
• Address: Silver Spring, MD, Carroll Avenue, 800 block
• Sources:
• Police, 1 Jan 2009 (Johnson).
  
• Police identified him as Juan Mauricio Cruz, but the charging documents give his name as Jose Mauricio Cruz-Mendez.
• Post, 1 Jan 2009 (Davis ).
• Convicted if first degree murder, 9 Dec 2009
• Source: Post, 11 Dec 2009 (Castaneda)

Note: The victim had a significant criminal record.  He was charged with attempted first degree murder and assault on18 Feb 2008; charges were dropped in Sep 2008.