On December 1, 2024, at about 1:46 p.m., officers found 31-year-old Gabriel Hernandez inside a vehicle on the 800 block of Willow Street in King City, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have labeled the killing gang-related.

Investigators identified a silver Honda reported stolen from the San Francisco Bay Area on November 25 as a vehicle of interest; it was recovered in King City and is being processed for DNA and fingerprint evidence. King City Police Chief James Hunt later named 20-year-old Israel Martinez as a person of interest. Martinez is described as 5 feet 4 inches, 140 pounds, with brown hair and eyes and several distinctive tattoos, and the public is warned not to approach him. An additional unidentified individual is also being sought. Two local men, 22-year-old Eliseo Gutierrez and 24-year-old Juan Javier Perez, have been arrested and charged as accessories after the fact for allegedly helping suspects after the homicide.

If anyone has information about Gabriel Hernandez’s killing, the King City Police Department requests that they come forward.