People know who did this. They are protecting them either through loyalty or fear. So sad.

A celebration of life became a homicide scene when 21-year-old Jose Calderon was shot during the early hours of June 7, 2025, at a West Hill residence in Kent, Washington. The King County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the torso. Victims at the party drove Calderon to a Federal Way hospital, where he later died.

According to accounts, uninvited individuals arrived at the gathering, were asked to leave, and an argument escalated into a physical confrontation before gunfire erupted. The shooters fled immediately; as of early June 2025 Kent Police were interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence but had made no arrests and released no suspect information.

Calderon had emigrated from Mexico two years earlier and worked in construction to support his wife and one-year-old son. Family members described him as hardworking and full of hope. Anyone with information about the shooting or the individuals who fled the scene is asked to come forward.