Alejandro Ramirez was 25 and a resident of Salinas, California when he was killed on January 12, 2017. Officers on patrol near Garner Avenue and North Sanborn Road heard multiple gunshots that evening; a ShotSpotter activation directed them to the 500 block of Sunrise Street where four people were found with gunshot wounds. Ramirez and 27-year-old Jose Luis Flores-Vargas were pronounced dead at the scene; two other victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

An investigation involving local, state and federal agencies and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office produced arrest warrants on January 21, 2021, for 27-year-old Ryan Meza and 25-year-old Joseph Garcia. Meza was arrested January 23, 2021, and Garcia on February 13, 2021; both were charged with murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors describe the shootings as tied to a group called the murder squad, accused of multiple homicides and attempted murders in the Salinas area. If anyone knew Alejandro or has information about the shooting, please come forward.