Vicente Hernandez Cardenas, 37, was shot multiple times and killed while riding a bicycle near Bellhaven Street and First Avenue in Salinas on November 27, 2017. The shooting happened about 8:25 p.m.; police found Cardenas wounded at the scene and he was pronounced dead there. Investigators say he was confronted by at least three people who opened fire, then fled east on Bellhaven Street. It is suspected they may have left in a vehicle, though that has not been confirmed.

Cardenas’s death was one of nearly 30 killings in Salinas in 2017, many described as gang-motivated, a context officials say complicates efforts to curb violence. Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to contact investigators.