Matthew Salas-Keen, a 30-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, was killed in a drive-by shooting on January 25, 2022, near Del Paso Heights. Officers found Salas-Keen with a gunshot wound and he later died at a nearby hospital. The Sacramento Police Department opened an investigation into the shooting.

Investigators identified Devonte Lee White as a suspect and arrested him on February 24, 2022. Detectives searching White’s residence recovered an unregistered firearm. White, a felon, was charged with first-degree murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and an enhancement for firing a gun from a vehicle and causing death. At trial he was found guilty and, on June 13, 2022, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

The case drew attention to gun violence in Sacramento and to the police work that led to an arrest and conviction. Does anyone have information about Matthew’s life in Del Paso Heights or the events that night?