{"id":9710,"date":"2018-12-23T00:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T08:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psnews.us\/blog\/2018\/12\/23\/suspect-luis-diaz-cervantes-homicide\/"},"modified":"2018-12-23T00:25:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T08:25:28","slug":"suspect-luis-diaz-cervantes-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psnews.us\/blog\/2018\/12\/23\/suspect-luis-diaz-cervantes-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Named in October 2018 Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, via the Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers, the Sacramento Police Department released the name of the homicide suspect as 19-year-old Wendell Gerrold Celestine. Two photographs of the suspect were also released.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psnews.us\/blog\/2018\/10\/27\/early-morning-homicide-natomas\/\" rel=\"noopener\">previous press release<\/a>, Sacramento police officers responded to the 2000 block of West El Camino Avenue around 2 a.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018 for reports of someone being shot. When officers arrived, they found the victim, later identified as 21-year-old Sacramento resident Luis Diaz-Cervantes, suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics declared Cervantes deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Crime Stoppers website shows Celestine&#x27;s last known address on El Baset Court in Fairfield. Celestine is considered to be armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information to the whereabouts of Wendell Celestine are asked to contact the Sacramento Police Departmetn dispatch center at (916) 264-5471 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at (916) 443-4357. 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