On the evening of July 28, 2024, deputies responded to a disturbance at a home in the 12400 block of San Jacinto Drive in Victorville where a verbal argument involving 50-year-old Donnie Griffin and his family escalated into a physical altercation. During the dispute, 35-year-old Cody McFann of Hesperia and 39-year-old Melissa Quintero of Victorville arrived and became involved in a confrontation with Griffin. Griffin then armed himself, pursued McFann and Quintero, and fatally shot both; both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives located Griffin in Las Vegas and he was arrested there on July 31, 2024; he is booked pending extradition to California to face charges connected to the double homicide. Quintero was a mother of six children, ages 5 to 20, and family members described her as outgoing and a social butterfly. The family has established a GoFundMe for funeral expenses.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904 or submit an anonymous tip to We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME or wetip.com; did anyone in the Victorville area see anything that night?