On June 30, 2023, 19-year-old Rubli Perez-Lucas of Guatemala was shot during a confrontation on Kane Road in East Palatka and died en route to Putnam Hospital in Palatka. Witnesses described two vehicles pulling up to engage in a fight with an undisclosed person; Perez-Lucas and others intervened and a brawl ensued. A second vehicle then arrived and the driver pulled a gun and began shooting. Deputies found one victim still at the scene and two others, including Perez-Lucas, already taken to the hospital by private vehicle.

Detectives initially faced limited cooperation from people connected to the suspect, but located a crashed white Dodge Journey witnesses had described at the scene. Forensic evidence recovered from that vehicle later produced laboratory results identifying Ramon Gomez-Hernandez, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, as the suspected shooter. He was arrested and charged with the murder of Perez-Lucas, attempted murder of two others, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. The motive has not been released and the investigation remains ongoing.

Did anyone in the area on Kane Road that night see the vehicles or the fight and not yet speak with investigators?