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Daniel Arceo-Martinez, 28, of Basin City, was arrested in the shooting of his mother and step-father.
BASIN CITY - A man wanted in the shooting of his mother and step-father is in the Franklin County Jail following his Sept. 16 arrest.
Daniel Arceo-Martinez, 28, of Basin City, is being held on $1 million bail, charged with first-degree assault.
He was arrested in Moses Lake following a tip on his whereabouts.
Arceo-Martinez was wanted in the Sept. 15 shooting of his mother and step-father in rural Franklin County, court records show.
The couple was treated for gunshot wounds at an Othello hospital, records show.
Court records show Arceo-Martinez goes by the street name "Butcher" and known to frequent a Moses Lake location near a homeless encampment and movie theater.
Grant County law enforcement officers set up a dragnet in the vicinity.
"It wasn't long before officers spotted Arceo-Martinez and took him into custody," Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner said.
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