On the morning of Tuesday, March 17, 2026, a verbal argument between two men outside an apartment complex on the 4000 block of South Watt Avenue in Rosemont, Sacramento County, escalated into a physical fight and a single gunshot. Twenty-eight-year-old Pete Guadalupe Martinez was critically wounded; first responders arrived after a caller reported hearing two shots and seeing a man had been shot. Martinez was rushed to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Homicide detectives identified 29-year-old Ricardo Hernandez as the suspect. An arrest warrant was issued and Hernandez was located and arrested the following day; he was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on murder and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and is being held without the possibility of bail. A GoFundMe was started to assist Martinez’s family with funeral and memorial expenses.

If anyone witnessed the altercation or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what you know.