Sixteen-year-old Davarion Granados was shot and killed while walking home in Merced, California on the night of November 19, 2025. He was returning from a friend’s house at about 10 p.m. when a white car drove past near U Street and Fourth Street and gunfire erupted. Officers found Davarion lying in the roadway; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members identified him and described the same sequence of events: a routine walk home that ended in sudden violence.

In the days after the shooting the Merced Police Department confirmed the time, location and victim’s age but released few details. They did not name any suspects, did not confirm whether the white car reported by family was linked to the shooter, and offered no motive. No arrests have been announced and investigators have appealed for anyone who saw the vehicle, heard the shots, or has security footage to come forward.

Does anyone in Merced have information about a white car near U Street and Fourth Street that night?