John Rodzach, 39, was shot and killed around 12:30 a.m. on February 12, 2017, near North Hebbron Avenue and Fremont Street in Salinas, close to Hebbron Heights Recreation Center and an entrance to Cesar Chavez Park. Officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene; his death was Salinas’s seventh homicide that year.

Initial investigation produced no immediate leads, but detectives later developed evidence linking 19-year-old Salinas resident Luis Atayde to the killing; Atayde was arrested and charged with murder. In October 2018 authorities also arrested Kris Purcell, known as K-Dawg, a member of the Norteño-affiliated Boronda Boys street gang. Federal prosecutors say Purcell and other gang members formed a so-called murder squad that carried out multiple violent attacks, and that the squad was responsible for the murder of John Rodzach.

The investigation into the murder squad and Rodzach’s killing was described as ongoing and authorities urged anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information about Rodzach, his movements that night, or the gang activity in that neighborhood?