Hugo Sanchez Jr., 34, of Santa Ana was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 14, 2018, after an encounter at a Shell station on East Edinger Avenue. According to reports, Sanchez was pumping gas when two men approached him; an argument followed and all three got into Sanchez’s pickup truck. The truck left the station through an alley and headed northbound before Sanchez was fatally shot in the upper torso near Grand Avenue and Wilshire Avenue, only a few hundred feet from the gas station. His body was left near Century High School and the suspects abandoned his truck and fled in another vehicle.

Witness accounts and nearby surveillance were reviewed; an employee who viewed video said Sanchez was shot multiple times, including in the back as he tried to flee. The two suspects were described only as male Hispanics. Investigators considered robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, a targeted hit, gang or narcotics links, and other motives, but no arrests have been announced and the case remained unsolved. If anyone witnessed the shooting or recognizes the men seen in footage, can you help investigators bring answers to the family?