Mattawa man arrested in connection with December shooting
Diego Nunez, 20, of Mattawa was arrested over the weekend in association with an investigation into a December 2024 shooting.
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MATTAWA — A Mattawa man was arrested and booked into the Grant County Jail on Friday in connection with a December shooting.
Diego Nunez, 20, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree assault. Nunez allegedly was involved in a Dec. 14 shooting in the 100 block of Columbia Avenue.
According to a press release issued by the Mattawa Police Department, a suspect alleged to be Nunez, fired multiple shots at a vehicle driving by. The driver of the vehicle drove away from the scene; neither the driver nor the passenger were injured.
Mattawa Police Chief Alex Zesati said the December shooting wasn’t related to one in February.
“Both events were isolated incidents,” Zesati wrote in answer to an email from the Columbia Basin Herald.
The Feb. 11 shooting occurred in the 500 block of Third Street; it’s still under investigation.
Zesati said the December shooting also is not related to an August 2024 shooting in Desert Aire that left one juvenile dead.