Patrick Bailey was 42 when he was fatally shot on August 23, 2002, while a passenger in a vehicle on Hunter Street in Fontana, California. The vehicle was confronted by three Hispanic males in a separate car; one of the men opened fire and Bailey was killed at the scene. The suspects fled and the case was unsolved for years as authorities initially had little information to pursue an arrest.

The investigation was reopened in 2017. New witness interviews identified Julian Morales as the shooter; Morales was believed to have been with Andrew Rodriguez and an unidentified third person in the car from which shots were fired. Morales died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in December 2003, and Rodriguez died from medical conditions in 2004. The third suspect’s identity remains unknown.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department continues to ask anyone with information to contact the Sheriff Homicide Detail or use anonymous tip lines to help bring closure to Bailey’s family. Does anyone have information about the third suspect or the events on Hunter Street that night?