Diego Anthony Rodriguez, an 18-year-old resident of Imperial Beach, California, died of a single gunshot wound to the head after being dropped off at Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista around 12:45 a.m. on April 10, 2020. He was pronounced dead shortly after arrival and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit classified the manner of death as homicide.

Investigators located a crime scene at a home in the 400 block of 7th Street in Imperial Beach and arrested 19-year-old Johnathan Reibeling at that location on suspicion of murder; he was booked into the San Diego Central Jail. Reibeling later described the shooting as a horrible accident and said Rodriguez was his best friend, while several members of Rodriguez’s family disputed that account.

There was no clear motive disclosed by investigators at the time. If anyone knew Diego, his whereabouts that night, or has information about what happened at the 400 block of 7th Street, please come forward.