Daniel Arturo Gil was 30 when he was shot dead at a Motel 6 on Brundage Lane in East Bakersfield on the morning of December 12, 2019. Kern County Sheriff’s deputies responded at about 7 a.m.; deputies found Gil with fatal gunshot wounds and two other people who were injured and later treated and released.

Investigators described the shooting as a targeted attack. Arrests followed: 29-year-old Jose Chavez was booked on murder and attempted murder charges, and 37-year-old Benjamin Bravo was later arrested on similar charges. A third suspect, 33-year-old Oscar Hernandez, was detained by the Kern County Sheriff’s probation department and booked for murder and participation in a street gang, suggesting possible gang-related motives.

If anyone has information about what led to the shooting or knew Daniel, please share what you know with investigators.