Faustino Mayares Ayona, a 30-year-old resident of Perris, California, was found shot to death on February 16, 2020, in the unincorporated Good Hope area west of Perris. Deputies responded to reports of gunfire around 4 p.m. and discovered Ayona deceased at the scene on a large property. A second man was also shot, taken to a nearby hospital and expected to survive. The gunman had fled before deputies arrived, and homicide detectives took over the investigation.

This shooting occurred amid several recent deadly shootings in the region: Jose Eduardo Bellozo was fatally shot on February 12, 2020, at Paragon Park in Perris, and Gelder Funes-Lopez was shot and killed on February 2, 2020. Authorities were investigating possible links between those deaths and three other men whose bodies were found near graves in a Perris cemetery. No arrests have been reported in Ayona’s killing and the investigation remained active as detectives sought leads.

Did anyone in Good Hope or Perris see suspicious activity on February 16, 2020, or have information about who fled the scene?