CLEVELAND — A monthlong manhunt that began with a fatal shooting outside a West 25th Street club has ended in Massachusetts, where U.S. Marshals arrested the man Cleveland police accuse of murder, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Nov. 10.
Juan Antonio Lozada Delgado, 47, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 10, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Members of the Marshals’ fugitive task force arrested him without incident at a home in the 100 block of Elm Street, about two hours west of Boston, the Marshals Service said. Cleveland police wanted him on a murder charge.
The shooting happened on Oct. 4, 2026, in the 2600 block of West 25th Street, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Police say Delgado shot two victims, ages 48 and 22, the Marshals Service said. Cleveland 19’s initial report identified the man who died as José Pedraza, 48, of Cleveland, citing the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to Cleveland Boricua.
FOX 8 reported in October that the shooting followed an altercation in the parking lot outside Club Alma Yaucana around 1:10 a.m., when a firearm was produced and shots were fired, according to Cleveland Boricua, which cited FOX 8’s Oct. 5 report. Police spokesperson Freddy Diaz described the parking-lot confrontation to FOX 8, according to Cleveland Boricua. Responding officers found two men with gunshot wounds — a father and son — and both were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where Pedraza was pronounced dead, FOX 8 reported, according to Cleveland Boricua. His son was described at the time as being in critical condition and expected to survive, FOX 8 reported.
Investigators moved quickly, the Marshals Service said: Delgado was identified as a suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was also found to be in violation of his federal supervised release — he was being supervised for drug charges stemming from a 2016 case out of the District of Puerto Rico — and an additional warrant was issued, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force immediately began working to find Delgado, the Marshals Service said, and pursued information suggesting he had left Ohio for the East Coast shortly after the shooting. Leads about his possible location were shared with Massachusetts investigators earlier in November, according to Cleveland Boricua. Western Mass News, citing police, reported that officers located Delgado around 2:20 p.m. near 173 Elm Street, with Holyoke police, Springfield police and state police among the agencies involved, and that he also faces two Massachusetts counts of fugitive from justice on a court warrant, according to Cleveland Boricua.
The federal announcement described cooperation between Ohio and Massachusetts investigators, according to Cleveland Boricua. Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Matt Lawlor credited the partnership, while U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott recognized Cleveland police’s work identifying the suspect, Cleveland Boricua reported, describing the Marshals Service announcement.
What we know — and what we’re still waiting on. Confirmed by the U.S. Marshals Service: the arrest, the murder warrant, the Oct. 4 shooting date and location, and the second federal warrant. Still unknown: what started the parking-lot confrontation, any relationship between the accused and the victims, an extradition date, and a current medical update on Pedraza’s son — none of that was in the arrest announcement, and the murder charge and the supervised-release allegation are allegations, not findings of guilt.
The case has weighed on Cleveland’s Puerto Rican community for weeks. Relatives and supporters remembered Pedraza, known as “Joselo,” and a benefit was held Oct. 9 at Club San Lorenzo to honor his memory and support his son and family, according to Cleveland Boricua’s October coverage. The family has also shared a fundraising campaign organized by Bernice Garcia, according to Cleveland Boricua.
The arrest comes during a stretch of major Cleveland-area investigations, including the three people found dead in a North Royalton home after an unwanted-guest call, and follows last week’s courtroom outcome in another case, the conviction of a Cleveland man for a 2025 Akron murder.
What happens next is extradition: Delgado will remain in custody in Massachusetts until he can be extradited back to Ohio to face his state and federal charges, the U.S. Marshals Service said. No extradition date or Ohio court appearance date has been announced. Anyone with information about the shooting can contact Cleveland’s Homicide Unit at 216-623-5464, the number police provided to FOX 8.
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