On January 28, 2023, at about 1:30 a.m., two private security guards were shot while working at a party in the 3500 block of Gray Street in Muscoy, San Bernardino County. Both victims, residents of Hemet, were taken to nearby hospitals; one of the guards, 28-year-old Howard Gabrelle Anderson Jr., died of multiple gunshot wounds.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department initially had no identified suspects. Detectives later named a 17-year-old male juvenile from Muscoy as a suspect; deputies from the Specialized Enforcement Division (SWAT) arrested him on February 2, 2023, and he was booked into juvenile hall on charges of murder and attempted murder. A second suspect, 28-year-old Raymond Sandoval of Muscoy, was arrested by the same unit on March 16, 2023, and booked into the Central Detention Center on charges related to the homicide and attempted homicide, with bail set at $2,000,000 and a parole hold.

The investigation into the shooting and the circumstances of Anderson Jr.’s death remains ongoing. If anyone has information about the incident, please come forward.