Kalpesh Patel, 39, was shot and later died on January 27, 2017, near Ortega and Galvez streets behind Memorial Hospital in Modesto. Officers found him on the sidewalk after witnesses reported a verbal altercation, a woman screaming, and gunshots; Patel ran across the street and collapsed, and he later died at a hospital.

Investigators tied the shooting to a dispute involving a woman Patel had been dating and her former boyfriend, Jose Andrews Lopez III. Surveillance footage showed Lopez and another person fleeing the scene after the shooting, and police say Lopez confronted Patel at a residence on Ortega Street while the pair had been retrieving the woman’s belongings.

Lopez was arrested and charged in connection with Patel’s death. Anyone with information about Patel, the events that night, or witnesses who saw activity near Ortega and Galvez on January 27, 2017, is asked to come forward.