On the evening of May 5, 2023, a Wapato neighborhood was shattered when gunfire erupted on Wasco Avenue. Charlie Jimenez, 35, was standing in a front yard when two vehicles pulled up and shots were fired from them, striking him multiple times in the leg, abdomen and chest. A neighbor called 911 and Jimenez was rushed from the scene in a private vehicle but died en route to the hospital.

Investigators recovered security footage showing the two suspect vehicles. A Toppenish police officer later spotted one of the vehicles, which crashed near Buena; three occupants fled and were taken into custody. Two people — Joel Campos-Dones, 20, of Toppenish, and Xavier Randall, 19, of Granger — were charged with second-degree murder and drive-by shooting and booked into the Yakima County Jail. A third person arrested at the crash was released. Law enforcement says the investigation remains active and they are still looking for the second vehicle and any others involved. The motive has not been released.

If anyone in Wapato or nearby saw the shooting, the vehicles involved, or has other information about that night, please come forward.