Gerardo Maldonado De Santiago, 35, was killed in a double homicide on September 9, 2018, in Lodi, California. Officers responding to reports of a shooting near Cherokee Lane and Lodi Avenue found Maldonado De Santiago and 21-year-old Brian Soto of Modesto with multiple gunshot wounds. Maldonado De Santiago was pronounced dead at the scene; Soto later died at a hospital.

Investigators reported the two men were not shooting at each other, suggesting a third party fired on them. Police recovered 11 shell casings and located a firearm at a nearby business that may have been used. In the days after the shooting, 24-year-old Jaime Mora of Stockton turned himself in and was arrested on murder charges. About eight months later, 19-year-old Santana Rodriguez of Sacramento was also arrested and booked into Lodi City Jail on murder charges. The motive remained unclear and police asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Cherokee Lane and Lodi Avenue or has information about the people who were there that night, please share what is known with investigators.