Murder suspect jailed, pending extradition
FILE PHOTO Remy Salazar, 24, of Lawrence, Mass.
NASHUA – Three days after Nashua police found him at a local diner and took him into custody, Remy Salazar, the man charged with shooting and killing another man during an argument on a street in Methuen, Massachusetts, is back in Valley Street jail after waiving arraignment Monday in a Nashua court.
Police said Nashua detectives received information from Methuen police and the Massachusetts State Police that Salazar, 24, was in Nashua, and that he had “multiple extraditable arrest warrants” from Massachusetts.
One of those, issued by the Essex County district attorney’s office, was for the murder of Kelvin Frias, 30, of Lawrence.
It’s not clear whether other law enforcement agencies were involved in Salazar’s arrest, which Nashua police said took place shortly after 1 p.m. at 200 Temple St.
Nashua police charged Salazar as a fugitive from justice. Other charges pending against him include failure to appear in court and violation of probation, both from district court in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Salazar, whose last known address is 75 Bunker Hill St., Lawrence, will now await extradition to the Commonwealth. In the meantime, an extradition hearing is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. March 28 in the Nashua court.
Frias, the alleged victim, died Saturday morning at a Boston hospital, several hours after he was found with a gunshot wound to the head around 3 a.m. in the area of 170 Broadway in Methuen, police said at the time.
Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon said the shooting stemmed from an altercation that began inside a hookah shop.
He said members of the Methuen department and state police assigned to the district attorney’s office identified Salazar as a suspect in the shooting, and issued the warrant for his arrest.
According to news reports, Solomon in a statement thanked Nashua police and other agencies for collaborating on Salazar’s arrest.
“I commend the excellent teamwork among the Massachusetts state police assets and the Methuen and Nashua police,” which he said “resulted in the suspect’s apprehension without further incident, thus eliminating the threat to the public’s safety.”


