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Jose Mauricio Rivera

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Fugitive Wanted For 1997 Montgomery County Shooting Captured After 27 Years On The Run: Police Fugitive Wanted For 1997 Montgomery County Shooting Captured After 27 Years On The Run: Police
Fugitive Wanted For 1997 Montgomery County Shooting Captured After 27 Years On The Run: Police A fugitive who spent nearly three decades on the run after a 1997 shooting in Silver Spring has been captured in El Salvador and returned to Montgomery County to face charges. Jose Mauricio Rivera, 58, was extradited to Maryland on Thursday, Dec. 5, after being arrested by Salvadoran authorities in April 2023. He is charged with second-degree attempted murder and two counts of first-degree assault, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Rivera is accused of shooting his estranged wife multiple times on Oct. 9, 1997, in the elevator of her apartment building in the 8100 blo…

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