Jose Eduardo Bellozo was 25 when he was shot and killed at Paragon Park on Spectacular Bid Street in Perris, California, on February 12, 2020. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrived about 6:11 p.m. and found Bellozo unconscious with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The motive was not immediately clear and the agency opened an investigation.

In the days after the killing, deputies identified 38-year-old parolee Renato Ivan Sanchez as the primary suspect. Sanchez was described as armed and dangerous; a manhunt ended with his capture on February 15, 2020, after deputies surrounded a house near Water and Redlands avenues, used tear gas canisters to force him out, and arrested him without further incident. He was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion of murder and held without bail while the investigation continued.

Does anyone who knew Jose or was in the Perris area that week have information about what led to the shooting?