In the earliest minutes of August 30, 2025, Richard Galindo, 30, was shot on the 3100 block of East Main Street in Stockton’s Park District. Police placed the time at about 12:19 a.m. He was rushed to a hospital and died of his wounds; a 19-year-old who was with him was critically injured but expected to survive. Homicide detectives took over the case soon after.

Officials publicly identified the older victim as Richard Galindo on September 3. Friends and relatives described the loss as shocking as they organized support to cover immediate needs. As of mid-October 2025, Stockton police had not announced an arrest and no suspect description had been released. Separate arrests in early and mid-October involved a different August 30 shooting near Albany and Astor drives, not the after-midnight East Main Street attack that killed Richard Galindo.

The location and timing remain central to the investigation: a residential stretch of East Main Street just after midnight that left one man dead and another clinging to life. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward.