On October 15, 2022, 38-year-old Octavio Medina Salas of Delano, California, was shot at the Park Place Apartments on 5th Avenue. Officers from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrived about 6:25 p.m. after reports of shots fired and found Medina Salas with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Adventist Health Delano and later died of his injuries.

The Delano Police Department’s Investigations Division opened a homicide investigation.

The case left family and neighbors grieving and the investigation remains unresolved. If anyone has information about that evening or about movements at Park Place Apartments around 6:25 p.m., please contact the Delano Police Department.