Gustavo Melendrez-Hernandez, 29, a Hispanic/Latino man from Coachella, was shot at a residence in the 84000 block of Avenue 51 late Monday morning, July 7, 2025. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Thermal Station arrived around 10 a.m., rendered aid, and paramedics transported him to a local hospital. He died there on Thursday, July 10, 2025, and the Central Homicide Unit assumed the investigation.

Investigators identified and arrested a suspect the same day of the shooting from a separate structure on the property. Cecilio Nando-Gonzalez, 28, of Coachella, was booked July 7 on attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon and held on $1,000,000 bail. After Melendrez-Hernandez died, detectives asked prosecutors to pursue a murder charge; authorities described the shooting as stemming from a dispute at the home and said no additional suspects were believed to be involved.

No further details about courtroom proceedings or a final charging decision were released in the initial reports. If anyone has information about Gustavo, the incident at the Avenue 51 residence, or what led to the dispute, please share what is known.