On the early morning of May 10, 2025, 18-year-old Alexander Gonsalez of Arvin, California, was fatally shot alongside 19-year-old Jesus Amezcua Martinez on Bautista Street. The shootings happened about 4:30 a.m. after multiple emergency calls for gunfire; officers found both young men with gunshot wounds outside a residence and they were pronounced dead at the scene. A juvenile inside the home was injured and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Gonsalez was a student at Nueva High School in Lamont and was due to graduate in two weeks; the Kern High School District said his loss has profoundly affected the school community. The Arvin Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office are investigating. Authorities have called the incident isolated and said there is no immediate threat to the public, while the Arvin Police Chief indicated the shooting may have involved multiple parties and possibly gang-related motives; specifics remain under investigation and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone in Arvin has information about what happened that morning, please share what you know with investigators.