Carlos Mercado Hernandez, 28, was shot and killed on November 20, 2020, while sitting in a car in the 2200 block of Orlando Drive in San Jose’s Eastside neighborhood. Police were called for reports of shots fired about 5:18 p.m.; officers found Mercado Hernandez with multiple gunshot wounds and he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The killing was listed as San Jose’s 39th homicide of 2020.

Investigators reported the suspects fled in a mid-sized four-door car later described as possibly a late-1990s gold Lexus GS300. The case initially produced no immediate arrests, and detectives turned to public tips to generate leads, posting information through San Jose’s Most Wanted social media pages. Little else is publicly known about motive or witnesses.

Did anyone in the Eastside area see a gold Lexus GS300 or other suspicious activity around Orlando Drive on the evening of November 20, 2020?