FBI offers reward to find suspect in fatal 2008 shooting at Long Beach restaurant
Jose Manuel Flores Jr. is wanted for his involvement in the shooting death of another person at the Brite Spot Restaurant in Long Beach on Oct. 18, 2008, according to the FBI.
FBI officials are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting at a Long Beach restaurant in 2008.
Jose Manuel Flores Jr. is wanted for his involvement in the shooting death of another person at the Brite Spot Restaurant in Long Beach on Oct. 18, 2008, according to the FBI.
The 47-year-old, who also goes by the aliases Willie or Malo, was born in Florida but lived in Long Beach at the time of the murder, according to the FBI.
Federal officials added that Flores Jr. has ties to notorious Mexican cartel known as "Los Zetas," and may be currently residing in Mexico.
Flores Jr. currently has a federal warrant out for his arrest and faces charges of murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, the FBI said.
He is considered "armed and dangerous with violent tendencies," according to the FBI.
Flores Jr. is 5 feet, 7 inches and weighs roughly 160 pounds, according to the FBI. He has brown hair and eyes, with tattoos on his right arm, back, chest, head and neck, they added.
Anyone with information about Flores Jr. is asked to contact the FBI's Los Angeles Office at 310-477-6565 or the Long Beach Police Department at 562-570-7244.
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