Marcos Jesus Ruiz, 27, was fatally shot on the night of May 3, 2016, while sitting in a parked car on Acosta Street near Machado Way in Salinas, California. Ruiz and a friend were listening to music around 9 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up and a gunman opened fire. Ruiz was killed and his 21-year-old friend was critically wounded and taken to Natividad Medical Center.

Police said there were no immediate signs that either victim was involved in gang activity, and the motive remained unclear. The shooting was reported as Salinas’s 11th homicide of 2016. Investigators appealed for witnesses and asked anyone who saw the shooting or a vehicle fleeing the area to contact detectives, noting that fear of retaliation had complicated the inquiry.

Did anyone in the area that night see a car leave Acosta Street near Machado Way or have other information that could help identify the shooter?