On the evening of November 8, 2024, a shooting in the Safeway parking lot on Nob Hill Boulevard in Yakima left 18-year-old Hispanic/Latino Emuel Santos dead and 20-year-old Aaron Lamas fatally wounded. Security camera footage shows Santos and Lamas parked next to another car, then entering that vehicle where Cesar Guzman, 20, and Hector Estrada, 21, were seated. A violent struggle and multiple gunshots broke out inside the car; Santos exited and exchanged gunfire with someone from the other vehicle before being fatally shot. Lamas was seen leaving the car, reportedly assaulted by the two men, and was shot while running; he later died at Multicare Yakima Memorial Hospital.

Guzman and Estrada fled but were quickly apprehended by Yakima Police; both had non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and received medical treatment before being booked into Yakima County Jail on Second Degree Murder charges. The suspects initially said Santos and Lamas tried to rob them during a casual meeting to smoke marijuana, but the security footage contradicted that account. Authorities say the shooting may have occurred during a drug deal; the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone saw the vehicles or the confrontation in the Safeway lot around 6:30 PM on November 8, what information can be shared with investigators?