Just after midnight on June 28, 2026, a shooting on Surfside Avenue in the North Shore area of Mecca, California, left 44-year-old Alberto Padron dead and a 43-year-old friend, identified as G.L., wounded. Riverside County deputies responding to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon found both men with gunshot injuries; paramedics pronounced Padron dead at the scene and transported G.L. to a trauma center where he remains in recovery.

The Riverside Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit identified a suspect, 50-year-old Adolfo Suarez Lopez of Indio, whom authorities say was involved in a dispute with the two men before allegedly producing a 9mm semiautomatic handgun and opening fire. Lopez was located in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, and turned over to U.S. authorities on July 2, 2026. He was booked in Riverside County and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, being a felon in possession of a loaded firearm, and sentence enhancements for using a gun and causing great bodily injury; he is being held without bail and has appeared in court with a public defender.

What did neighbors or anyone in the North Shore area see or hear that night?