Austin Martin was 23 when he was killed on February 23, 2014, in the 200 block of West Juniper Street in Oxnard, California. He had been spending time with friends in a garage when 18-year-old Abraham Gonzalez approached the open garage door, pointed a gun at the group and demanded to know their affiliations. Martin and his friends said they were not gang members; Gonzalez declared his gang’s name and opened fire. Martin was struck in the head and died after being taken to Ventura County Medical Center.

Detectives later developed an arrest warrant for Gonzalez, who was already incarcerated at Centinela State Prison on unrelated matters. He was arrested in July 2017 and charged with murder; at trial the prosecution presented evidence including Gonzalez’s admission of gang affiliation and that the shooting was intended to further the gang’s interests. In June 2018 a jury convicted Gonzalez of first-degree murder and found true that he personally discharged the firearm. Sentencing was scheduled for July 19, 2018.

Did anyone who knew Austin or was in that neighborhood that night see anything that hasn’t been reported?