On October 16, 2023, officers from the Lodi Police Department responded about 6:30 p.m. to reports of gunfire at a residence on South Central Avenue near Poplar Street in Lodi, California. Inside the home they found two men with gunshot wounds. Silverio Cazares Gayosso, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene. Fernando Rodriguez, 49, was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators identified 41-year-old Oscar Hernandez as the suspect; he fled before police arrived. Police say Hernandez and the victims were acquainted and describe the attack as targeted. A minor who had been in the home alleged the two men made inappropriate comments toward her; witnesses said the men had been invited to the residence for dinner. Hernandez was located with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service and arrested near St. Louis, Missouri on October 18, 2023, and was awaiting extradition to California to face charges related to the double homicide.

What can readers who knew Fernando or were in that neighborhood on October 16 share about the events or about him?