Miguel Angel Hernandez-Castro, 20, was killed in a drive-up shooting in Yuba City, California, on March 6, 2021. Officers from the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office and Yuba City Police responded to gunfire near the 1400 block of Countryside Drive and Littlejohn Drive and found a vehicle had driven up to a residence and fired multiple rounds into a backyard where people were gathered. Hernandez-Castro and 26-year-old Alex Rangel Romero were pronounced dead at the scene; three others were wounded and taken to Rideout Memorial Hospital.

Investigators obtained DNA evidence from the Department of Justice on April 2, 2021, that helped move the inquiry forward. Three suspects were later arrested: 19-year-old Jorden McDaniel of Yuba City, 19-year-old Dominick Sanchez of Marysville, and 21-year-old Julio Nuno of Yuba City. McDaniel and Sanchez were later directly linked by DNA to crime-scene evidence and were charged with homicide under California Penal Code 187, alongside firearms and gang-related counts. Ballistic testing was performed on firearms seized during the arrests and the investigation remained ongoing.

Did anyone in the Yuba City area know Hernandez-Castro or Romero, or see suspicious activity near Countryside Drive on March 6, 2021?