Andrew Ortiz was 28 when he was found dead in the parking lot of Mount Pleasant High School in San Jose on December 5, 2017. School staff discovered his body around 7 a.m.; he had suffered a fatal gunshot wound and was identified by fingerprint verification.

Ortiz was a father of newborn twin girls and two older sons. He had struggled with methamphetamine addiction and had a history of incarceration. He had no known connection to the high school where his body was found. The San Jose Police Department had not identified any suspects or made any arrests, and the motive remained unclear; his death was recorded as the city’s 31st homicide of 2017.

His family, already grieving the recent loss of their mother to brain cancer, hoped investigators would find answers. If anyone knew Ortiz, saw him in the Mount Pleasant High School area on December 5, 2017, or has information about what happened, please come forward.