On the evening of May 6, 2026, gunfire erupted near the intersection of Suffolk and Elm Streets in Holyoke. ShotSpotter alerted police at about 9:26 p.m., and officers found 42-year-old Caleb Rodriguez inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound. He was given life-saving measures at the scene, taken to Baystate Medical Center, and later pronounced dead. Investigators believe Rodriguez was sitting in his vehicle when an altercation ended with him being fatally shot.

The Hampden District Attorney’s State Police Detective Unit, the Murder Unit, and the Holyoke Police Department used witness statements and surveillance footage to develop a theory that the shooting grew out of an attempted robbery. From that evidence investigators identified two Holyoke residents, 36-year-old Melquiades Cabrera and 39-year-old Melissa Rosado. Both were detained on May 7, arrested without incident during surveillance, and arraigned on murder charges; they remain held without the right to bail as the investigation continues.

Did anyone in the Holyoke or Easthampton area see or record activity around Suffolk and Elm Streets the night of May 6?