Adrian Zamora Alvarez, 18, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of December 8, 2018, near the intersection of Enos Drive and Thornburg Street in Santa Maria. Police were dispatched around 1:22 a.m. after reports of gunfire; Alvarez was found just off the roadway and was pronounced dead at the scene after life-saving measures by Santa Maria Fire and AMR ambulance.

Investigators classified the death as a homicide and later determined the shooting was gang-related. In 2023 detectives developed new evidence that produced an arrest warrant for Israel De La Cruz Hernandez, a 21-year-old from Guadalupe; he was arrested on July 13, 2023, and charged with murder with a gang enhancement, held on $2 million bail. Detectives continue to seek anyone with additional information about the case.

Did anyone in the Santa Maria or Guadalupe area hear or see anything that night or know more about Alvarez’s activities leading up to December 8, 2018?