Attempted Homicide Suspect Surrenders, Police Say

A Bethlehem man wanted for his part in a shooting last month in the Marvine-Pembroke section of the city surrendered to police on Friday, police said.

Angelo Lopez, 38, of 612 Fiot St., was charged with attempted criminal homicide in the April 22 shooting on the 1400 block of Marvine Street, which critically wounded 34-year-old Kinte King.

Dan David Hernandez, 28, the man who witnesses say pulled the trigger, has not been apprehended, police said.

According to an affidavit of probable cause:

• A witness told police that Hernandez had made a telephone call to him asking him to go with him because King had punched him in the face earlier in the day and he wanted to punch him back.
• The witness said he saw Hernandez driving a silver BMW, with Lopez in the passenger seat, as they drove to the rear of Rowe’s motorcycle shop at 1435 Marvine St. The witness was driving in a tan SUV behind the BMW.
• The witness said he saw Lopez approach King and punch him in the face. Then he said he saw Hernandez pull a handgun from his waistband and shoot King several times while he tried to run away.
• The witness then drove away from the scene.
• A second witness told police that she saw a heavyset Hispanic man (Lopez) get out of a BMW and a skinny Hispanic man (Hernandez) get out a short time later. Hernandez then approached the woman and said to her: “If you don’t wanna see nothing crazy, leave.”
• The woman said she pushed her child back into her vehicle and watched as Hernandez fired a gun several times at King as he tried to run away.

In addition to attempted criminal homicide, Lopez was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of criminal conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person.

He was arraigned Friday night before on-duty District Judge Nancy Matos-Gonzalez of Bethlehem and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.