Luis Bernabe Jimenez, 61, was found dead inside his vehicle on April 23, 2022, parked near Main Street and Hanson Way in Santa Maria, California. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds; police determined the shooting had occurred hours before his body was discovered and opened a homicide investigation. Neighbors reportedly heard gunfire that night but did not report it.

Investigators linked the killing to local gang activity and noted three other recent shootings in Santa Maria believed to be gang-related. Two men were identified as primary suspects: 23-year-old Isacc Anthony Almaguer and 21-year-old Felix Antonio Martinez-Just Jr., both from Santa Maria. Almaguer was in custody at Solano State Prison on unrelated felony charges and was returned to Santa Barbara County; Martinez-Just Jr. was arrested without incident. Three women — Maria Guadalupe Hernandez, 25, of Nipomo, and Monique Alesha Arriola, 38, and Brenda Roberta Aguirre, 36, both of Santa Maria — were arrested and charged as accessories in connection with the shootings, with gang-related sentencing enhancements included.

Very little is publicly known about Jimenez’s personal life or his activities before the shooting. Did anyone in the Santa Maria area hear or see anything the night of April 23, 2022, that could help the investigation?