Joseph Sanchez was 19 and lived in Riverside, California. He was fatally shot during a house party on Avenida Michaelinda in Jurupa Valley shortly after midnight on February 26, 2017. Fellow party-goers rushed him to Riverside Community Hospital, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds. Another man, 31-year-old Nathaniel Allen, was also shot multiple times and found dead in the driveway.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. The Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit took over the investigation, recovered numerous shell casings and other evidence at the scene, and stated the shooting did not appear to be random. No suspects were immediately identified or arrested and the investigation remained active.

If anyone attended the party or has information about who might have targeted Joseph or Nathaniel, please share what is known with the Central Homicide Unit.