On the evening of July 8, 2024, at about 8:12 p.m., officers from the Blythe Police Department, with assistance from Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, responded to reports of gunfire near East Avenue A in Blythe, California. Two men were found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the Short Stop Car Wash on East Hobsonway and were pronounced dead at the scene. They were identified as 45-year-old Audelio Lelo Solorio and his 27-year-old nephew, Deveon Keyshawn Smith, both Blythe residents. A secondary crime scene was located on East Avenue B.

Solorio had recently lost his 23-year-old son on December 24, 2023. He is survived by children Alicia (20), Jennifer (19), Gabriel (18), and Genesis (9 months). Smith is survived by three children: Deveon Jr. (8), Aiyanna (5), and Damir (6 months). An 18-year-old Blythe resident, Jose Angel Manjarrez, was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked into the Blythe Jail, but was later released without charges pending further investigation. Eyewitnesses, including Smith’s partner Jorden Peoples, reported confronting the suspect after the shooting and said the suspect allegedly admitted he had to do it. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office referred the case back to the Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit for further inquiry.

Who in the community may have seen activity in the East Hobsonway or East Avenue B area that evening and can help investigators fill in the timeline?