Late on Sunday, August 24, Richard Morello Jr., 27, was shot in an Antioch neighborhood near Cobblestone Drive and Flagstone Drive after multiple callers reported gunfire around 11:45 p.m. Officers found Morello suffering from at least one gunshot wound; life-saving measures were attempted but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives and crime-scene investigators quickly opened an active homicide investigation.

By August 25, investigators executed a search warrant at a Vallejo residence and collected evidence. On August 26, officers in Stockton arrested 37-year-old Jesus Soto of Vallejo without incident and recovered additional evidence from a vehicle; Soto was booked on a homicide charge connected to Morello’s death. Police named Detective John Cox as the contact for anyone with information as the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Cobblestone Drive and Flagstone Drive that night or has information about Morello’s movements beforehand, please share what you know with investigators.