On February 15, 2015, 17-year-old Luis David Leon was shot and killed in Dos Palos, California. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. near Palo Alto Street and Palm Avenue, close to Dos Palos High School; Leon suffered a single gunshot wound to the upper body and was found at the scene and pronounced dead shortly after, according to the Dos Palos Police Chief Barry Mann.

Initial reports conflicted about how the shooting occurred, prompting a homicide investigation. Authorities said they did not immediately link Leon’s death to a separate shooting about an hour earlier in Merced that also killed a 16-year-old; investigators treated the two incidents as coincidental. Police reviewed security camera footage, interviewed residents and potential witnesses, and appealed to the community for information, but no immediate arrests were announced.

Does anyone in Dos Palos have information that could help explain what happened that night?