Ismael Carrillo Torres, a 23-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was killed in an early-morning shooting in San Jose on June 7, 2021. Officers were dispatched at about 3:04 a.m. to Dubert Lane and Santee Drive in East San Jose, near ACE Esperanza Middle School, after a report of a shooting. When officers arrived they found Torres suffering from at least one gunshot wound; paramedics responded but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police quickly treated the incident as a homicide but released few details about what happened before the shooting, whether Torres had been approached, or whether there had been any confrontation. Authorities initially withheld his identity while the Santa Clara County medical examiner confirmed it; his death was recorded as San Jose’s 20th homicide of 2021. Investigators had not identified or apprehended a suspect and did not announce a motive; the Homicide Unit assigned Detective Sergeant Kilmer and Detective Reckas and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Who knew Ismael or was in the area that night and can help explain what happened?