Daniel Juarez Morales, 26, was shot and killed on January 7, 2017, in the parking lot of the Buffalo Wild Wings at 1980 North Main Street in Salinas. An altercation inside the restaurant between two groups escalated after men began flashing gang signs; a security guard kept the confrontation verbal indoors, but Morales stepped outside to leave and was shot in the head by an unknown assailant who fled in a white Chevy S10 pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Salinas Police have characterized the incident as gang-related. No arrests have been made, and investigators say a lack of witnesses willing to cooperate has hindered progress. Morales was the second homicide in Salinas that year and one of nearly 30 homicides in the city during 2017, many involving young Latino men in gang-motivated attacks.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or recall seeing a white Chevy S10 near that Buffalo Wild Wings around midnight on January 7, 2017?