Gabriel Adolfo Felix Sosa was 24 when he was shot and killed in Stratford, California, on December 7, 2022. The shooting followed a heated argument with a family member, Diego Noel Montoya Sosa, who reportedly shot Gabriel in the chest at a Main Street residence. Deputies found Gabriel deceased at the scene.

After the shooting, Diego held Gabriel’s girlfriend and two children hostage inside the home and allegedly moved the children toward a window so they would be in the line of fire if law enforcement entered. The standoff continued into the early hours of December 8; Diego later left the residence and then turned himself in at the Kings County Jail, where he was booked on multiple charges including homicide, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and child endangerment with bail set at two million dollars.

Family and neighbors say the fatal confrontation began as an argument between the two men. Anyone with information about Gabriel, his movements that night, or who witnessed the argument is asked to come forward.