Saddam Muslih Ali, 25, was shot dead on 8th Street in Bakersfield, California, on July 16, 2016. The Kern County coroner’s office identified him after the Saturday night shooting, and the Bakersfield Police Department opened an investigation that treated the incident as gang-related.

Two men, Wendell Scott, 24, and Albert Montelongo, 30, were arrested and charged with murder and gang participation on July 19, 2016. Court records show Scott later pleaded no contest to first-degree murder and received life without parole; Montelongo pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 years in October 2019.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting on 8th Street or has information about the night of July 16, 2016, is asked to come forward.