Daniel Pelayo was 26 and lived in Madera, California. He was found in his parents’ driveway on Wallace Avenue near Lake Street with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Officers discovered him the morning of July 7, 2018; investigators estimate the shooting occurred about 11 PM the previous night. Neighbors reported hearing the shots but some thought they were fireworks, and there were no immediate calls to police.

Daniel was remembered by family and friends as a kind, genuine young man who often sat in the driveway listening to music and reflecting. The Madera Police Department opened a homicide investigation, reviewed surveillance footage and interviewed neighbors and nearby businesses, but no arrests had been announced and the case remains unsolved as of these updates.

Did anyone in the Madera area see or hear anything that night, or have surveillance footage from around Wallace Avenue near Lake Street that could help investigators?