GWINNETT, Ga. — Police have made multiple arrests in connection with a Gwinnett extended-stay hotel homicide that ended with a man and woman on the run - and later two more men being sought for the crime.
On Sept. 14, police booked 24-year-old Geraldy Gomez and 26-year-old Jonathan Gonzalez into the Gwinnett County jail after they were seen rushing from a room at the InTown Suites on Steve Reynolds Boulevard where a man was found shot to death. In the video, they were rushing out of the room with their belongings and two children.
Gomez was charged with possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. Jonathan is facing two counts of using a communication facility in committing or facilitating the commission of an act which constitutes a felony.
Since then, police have also identified two people wanted in connection with the murder itself - and have already arrested one. Gwinnett Police said 29-year-old Rodrigo Pinon-Lopez was placed under arrest by the homicide unit on Thursday on charges of felony murder and armed robbery.
But another person, 24-year-old Julio Cesar Perez-Duran, is still on the run for the same charges. Police believe the murder was drug-related.
The arrests and the search for one remaining suspect all stem from the shooting death of 31-year-old Ivan Pastor-Vital who was found in a third-floor room in the late evening hours of Aug. 30. Upon finding the man's body, witnesses and surveillance video led police on the search for a man and woman with two small children - later identified as Gomez and Gonzalez - who had been seen running down Club Drive toward Pleasant Hill Road.
Further investigation turned up more surveillance video that led police to ask for help finding two men - Perez-Duran and Pinon-Lopez.
With the rest in custody, police are hoping anyone with information about the crime - and the location of Perez-Duran, will call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.
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