On the night of April 4, 2016, 16-year-old Jose Luis Valdez was shot and killed on the 800 block of Garner Avenue in Salinas, California. Valdez had just left a home and was walking to meet friends when he was confronted by at least two gunmen who fired multiple rounds as he attempted to flee. Bystanders and officers performed CPR, but Valdez was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Natividad Medical Center.

The shooting also struck an apartment building: one bullet grazed a 12-year-old boy’s hand and another ruptured a water main, flooding an apartment. Investigators described the killing as likely gang-related and noted it was the ninth homicide in Salinas that year.

What information might help investigators close this case, and did anyone in the Garner Avenue area see or hear anything that night?