Carlos Cervantes Jr., 23, was killed by a single gunshot wound on October 31, 2009, in the Fruitridge neighborhood of Sacramento. Born August 29, 1986, in Yuba City, he lived in Linda, California, and worked as a local landscaper in the Yuba-Sutter area.

A 17-year-old was arrested in December 2009 in connection with the killing as part of a broader crackdown on youth violence. Later court filings charged defendants Christopher Leong and Juan Carlos Carranco Jr. in a consolidated information with first-degree murder for Carlos’s death, along with related counts including attempted murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle, and shooting at an inhabited house. The consolidated case incorporated other violent incidents, including drive-by shootings that followed Carlos’s death.

What details about Carlos’s life or the case might help readers who remember him or were in Fruitridge around 2009 come forward with information?