Jorge Rodriguez, a 36-year-old Hispanic man, was killed in Hayward, California on the afternoon of January 24, 2024. The shooting happened about 3:25 p.m. in the 21000 block of Foothill Boulevard. Responding officers found Jorge unresponsive; medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene from at least one gunshot wound. His death was recorded as the city’s first homicide of the year and is remembered on memorial pages where friends and family have shared condolences.

Police arrested a suspect at the scene identified as Jorge’s 28-year-old younger brother, Bryan Rodriguez. Two days later, on January 26, 2024, Bryan was formally charged with murder and booked into Santa Rita Jail held without bail. Investigators have not publicly stated a motive. Did anyone in the community know Jorge or have information about what led to this shooting?