On the evening of February 27, 2020, 36-year-old Brandon Joseph Crane was fatally shot on Balmoral Court in Livingston, California. Two other men, both 31, were wounded in the same incident and hospitalized. The shooting was Livingston’s first homicide in five years and prompted an investigation by the Livingston Police Department to identify perpetrators and determine a motive.

Brandon Crane was born October 11, 1983, in Des Moines, Iowa, and had lived in Merced for 35 years. He attended Our Lady of Mercy School, Tenaya Middle School, Cruickshank Middle School, Golden Valley High School, and later earned an Associate of Arts degree from Fresno Pacific University. He is survived by his son Ryan Jordan Crane, his parents John and Dora Crane, his sister Katie McLaughlin, and his grandmother Lillian Kemp.

No arrests have been reported and authorities have not publicly identified suspects or persons of interest. The family has made public appeals for information, and the community was shaken by a violent crime that is rare in Livingston.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Balmoral Court on February 27, 2020, please contact the Livingston Police Department.