Ernest Garduno, 31, was found dead at his home on Dumont Circle in San Jose after a welfare check on April 13, 2021. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office determined he had been shot in the chest, and police initially classified the death as a homicide citing suspicious trauma.

Detectives with the San Jose Police Department say the investigation is ongoing, and the killing was recorded as the city’s 11th homicide of 2021; another fatal shooting occurred the following day.

Family and friends remain without answers and the police continue to ask anyone with information to contact the San Jose Police Department’s homicide unit or Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers. If anyone knew Ernest or saw activity near Dumont Circle on April 13, can you help investigators by coming forward?