Juan Romero, 28, of Hemet, California, was shot multiple times late the night of December 28, 2018, in the 100 block of North Tahquitz Avenue. A passerby took him to Hemet Valley Hospital and he was later transferred to Riverside University Health System, where he died of gunshot wounds to the chest and arm. Hemet police responded after reports of gunfire and opened an investigation.

Romero’s family set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses. In the months after the shooting, investigators identified 27-year-old Luis Eduardo Reyes of San Jacinto as the prime suspect; police believed he fled to Mexico. Several people alleged to have assisted him were arrested and a wanted poster with Reyes’s description was circulated as detectives continued to seek information.

The case remains open and investigators continue to ask anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators locate Reyes?