Herman Garcia Prudente was 27 when he was fatally shot during a family gathering on December 25, 2020, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was found in the basement of a Cole Road residence after attendees heard a gunshot around 12:34 a.m.; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Born in Sacramento, California, he was the son of Moises Garcia Olmedo and Cruz Prudente Robles and is survived by his parents and siblings Elsa, Nancy, Olga, and Moises Garcia Prudente.

The Winston-Salem Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division took over the probe. Preliminary findings place the shooting during the family party; immediate family members are cooperating but, at this time, no suspects have been identified and no arrests have been announced. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Winston-Salem Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone at the Cole Road gathering or nearby that night see or hear anything that could help?