Documents: Edgar Blanco Believed Stabbing Victim Was MS-13

Imari Williams — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:19:50 -0500

A judge ordered Edgar Blanco held Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the stabbing death of 41-year-old Inoe Javier Salvador on October 29.

Blanco, 18, is also being charged with assault with intent to kill for a second stabbing that took place earlier.

According to charging documents, video footage captured Salvador, Blanco, and other unidentified individuals entering a bus that headed towards the 3100 block of 14th street. While on the bus, video shows Salvador passing by Blanco and the other individuals, and words were exchanged between Salvador and the group, documents say.

Court documents say when the bus stopped, Salvador exited at the front of the bus while Blanco and his friends left through the back door. Salvador then headed south on 14th street as the group headed south.

Blanco told police he met with an unidentified individual on the bus who told him about Salvador, documents say. They believed Salvador was a part of the MS-13 gang because of his haircut. According to court documents, he told police they had prior issues with Salvador.

Documents say the person who told Blanco and the group about Salvador had a knife and told them to follow Salvador. They all agreed.

He said that the unidentified individual stabbed Salvador while he and the rest stomped and punched him, according to court documents.

In a interview with police, Blanco identified himself in a still shot picture from the video and the individual who stabbed Salvador, according to charging documents.

Police found Salvador in the 1400 Block of Perry Place, Northwest suffering from multiple stab wounds. He died at a local hospital. Blanco was arrested on November 11.

Blanco is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 21 at 9:30 before Judge John Ramsey Johnson.

A copy of charging documents are below:

Edgar Blanco Arrested in Inoe Javier Salvador's Murder

Imari Williams — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:06:21 -0500

MPD announced Tuesday that an 18-year-old Northwest D.C. man has been arrested in connection with the October 29 stabbing that killed Inoe Javier Salvador.

Edgar Blanco is suspected of first-degree murder, police say.

Salvador, 41, of Gaithersburg, Maryland was found with visible stab wounds in the 1400 Block of Perry Place, Northwest. He died at a local hospital.

A copy of the police press release is after the jump:

Arrest Made in Homicide:1400 Block of Perry Place, Northwest

(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced an arrest has been made in the homicide of 41-year-old Inoe Javier Salvador, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, which occurred on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 in the 1400 block of Perry Place, Northwest.

On Tuesday, November 11, 2014, detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch arrested 18 year-old Edgar Blanco of Northwest Washington, DC charging him with First Degree Murder in the stabbing death of Inoe Javier Salvador.

Edgar Blanco | Homicide Watch DC

Documents: Edgar Blanco Believed Stabbing Victim Was MS-13

Edgar Blanco Arrested in Inoe Javier Salvador's Murder