On April 18, 2021, 19-year-old Tatyanna Mariah Lopez of Los Banos was shot and killed in Merced near Conestoga Drive and Austin Avenue at about 10 p.m. Tatyanna, eight months pregnant, was pronounced dead at the scene and her unborn daughter, Ayanna Victoria Lopez, did not survive. Tatyanna’s boyfriend, Angel LeGrand, was critically injured but survived.

Investigators concluded Tatyanna and Angel were not the intended targets and believed the shooting was gang-related, linked to Angel’s affiliations. Enrique Madera Fierros, a friend of Angel’s, was seen fleeing on surveillance and was identified as a person of interest; he declined to cooperate with investigators. Police later focused on 19-year-old Jonathan Xavier Dorado as the suspected shooter. The murder weapon, a 9mm handgun, was recovered from a car’s engine compartment in Modesto, and phone and cell tower records reportedly placed Dorado near the scene the night of the shooting.

Anyone who knew Tatyanna, Ayanna, Angel, or who has information about that night is asked to come forward.