Mike Lorenzo, 65, was found unresponsive and suffering from gunshot wounds on May 1, 2020, in the area of Industrial Parkway and Pacific Street in Hayward, California. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene; the Alameda County Coroner’s Office and the Hayward Police Department identified Lorenzo as the homicide victim. The Hayward Police Department opened an immediate investigation and asked the community for information.

Police later released body-camera footage and additional details. That footage shows officers responding on May 20, 2020, to a call about a person of interest named Stoney Ramirez, who was on searchable probation for a prior assault that caused significant injury. Officers located Ramirez in a vehicle in a residential driveway; when they tried to take him into custody he used the car to back into a police vehicle, officers fired their weapons, and Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene. The department’s criminal investigations bureau and internal-affairs unit reviewed the incident.

What information might help clarify links between Lorenzo’s homicide on May 1 and the events involving Ramirez on May 20?