Charges Filed In Double Homicide

<p>Lameiro Efren Flores</p>

Lameiro Efren Flores

A 19-year-old Yakima man accused of shooting and killing two gang members this week is charged.

Prosecutors have filed charges of premeditated first-degree murder against Lameiro Efren Flores.

Flores is accused of killing 18-year-old Jobany Martinez and 17-year-old Jose Avilez at the Naches River near the Yakima Greenway parking lot on North 16th Avenue this past Monday.

Flores is currently being held at Yakima County Jail on a $2 million bail pending arraignment on August 21.