Juan Manuel Ledesma, 32, of San Diego was shot on the night of January 21, 2021, near 400 24th Street in the Sherman Heights neighborhood. Officers who responded around 11:30 p.m. found cartridge casings and blood in the street. Ledesma was dropped off at Sharp Coronado Hospital with a gunshot wound, later transferred to a trauma center, and died on January 23, 2021.

Investigators have described gang-related activity as a possible motive, but as of this account no suspects have been identified or arrested and the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit continues to investigate. Family members named include his mother, Christina Ledesma, and his daughter, Isabel, and the community has offered support to the grieving family.

Are there any witnesses or neighbors who recall hearing shots or seeing activity near 400 24th Street that night?