Victor Armando Hernandez, 29, was shot to death in San Diego’s Mountain View neighborhood on February 19, 2020. He was found mortally wounded in an alley on Florence Lane shortly before 3 p.m. and died after being taken to hospital. Officers and witnesses reported hearing gunshots and seeing two vehicles — a black Chrysler sedan and a silver Dodge Ram pickup truck — leave the scene immediately afterward. The medical finding in the investigation was a shotgun wound to the head.

Investigators identified three primary suspects. Alexander Young, 33, was initially charged with murder but later pleaded guilty to assault with a firearm after admitting to pistol-whipping another man at the scene; the murder charge against him was dismissed and he is due to be sentenced to nearly nine years in state prison. Sergio Bueno, 35, is alleged to have been the shooter and remains at large. Richard Verdugo, 32, who was incarcerated at Centinela State Prison at the time, has been charged with murder and conspiracy and is in custody in San Diego County awaiting a preliminary hearing. The motive remains unclear, though the criminal complaint says the attack was planned in the weeks beforehand.

Anyone with information about Hernandez, the vehicles seen leaving the scene, or Bueno’s whereabouts is asked to come forward.