Eduardo Soto, a 27-year-old transient, was shot and killed in Victorville, California, in the early morning hours of April 20, 2019. The shooting took place about 12:10 a.m. in the parking lot of a shopping center on the 16200 block of Bear Valley Road. Patrons heard gunfire and found Soto with gunshot wounds; deputies and fire personnel provided life-saving efforts but he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department opened a homicide investigation and detectives from the Specialized Investigations Division, Homicide Detail, were assigned. As of the latest update, no suspects had been identified and the motive remained unclear. Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.