Suspect in Grand Mound shooting now behind bars in Thurston County

The suspect in the shooting death of a 27-year-old man in Grand Mound last week is now behind bars in Thurston County.

Adan Sanchez, 37, of Centralia was arrested Monday afternoon and booked into the Thurston County jail. He appeared in Thurston County Superior Court Tuesday, where Commissioner Nathan Kortokrax found probable cause for the charge of second-degree murder and set bail at $750,000.

Sanchez’s arraignment was set for March 26.

Pedro Beltran Palomares, 27, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a home on the 20000 block of Shamon Court Southwest near 201st Avenue Southwest shortly after 11:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Beltran and Sanchez “were acquaintances who had been partying and drinking” that night when they got into a verbal argument and Beltran was shot.

The Sheriff’s Office announced Friday evening “a person of strong interest as being the shooter” was already jailed for an unrelated crime.

Sanchez was arrested about 3:30 a.m. Friday by a Washington State Patrol trooper on suspicion of driving under the influence. He spent the weekend in the Lewis County jail and was moved to the Thurston County jail Monday.

Another man, Romulo Yanez, 38, was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of rendering criminal assistance to Sanchez.

The Sheriff’s Office says it does not expect to make any other arrests in the case.

This story was originally published March 11, 2019 at 4:56 PM.