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Charlottesville police are searching for a killer in the city's first homicide of 2010.
Shortly before midnight Friday, police received a report of gun shots heard at the Mountain View mobile home park on 6th Street Southeast. Police say when they arrived, they discovered the body of 32-year-old Miguel Lugio Salazar who had been shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another victim survived a gunshot wound to the shoulder, 25-year-old Raphael Valina Ayala is in stable condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo says, "We're really still in the very early stages of this investigation. Issues like motive and more accurate descriptions are still things that we're trying to sift through."
Longo says it appears a group of men including the victims were socializing in front of a trailer when two armed men arrived and the confrontation took place.
Police say the armed men reportedly fled the scene before police could arrive.
Police are hoping community members will reach out to detectives with any information they have about the two armed men, who are reported to be still at large.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 434-977-4000.
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