Eddie Hernandez, 54, was killed in a neighborhood shootout on March 15, 2023, on the 1100 block of Lassen Avenue in south Modesto, California. The exchange of gunfire unfolded shortly after 10:30 p.m.; four people were struck by bullets, two men died at the scene and two others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The other fatality was 37-year-old neighbor Gerardo Torres.

Police described the incident as a shootout between two groups of neighbors and said investigators were still determining who fired first and why. Early statements emphasized there were no suspects at large and framed the event as a homicide investigation rather than a murder-suicide. No arrests were announced in connection with the deaths.

The case record concentrates on reconstructing the sequence of events and the neighborhood feud that preceded the violence; it leaves open who the primary aggressor was. If anyone has information about the March 15 shootout on Lassen Avenue, please come forward.