On the evening of March 9, 2022, 20-year-old Eduardo Garcia was shot near Northeast Hayesville Drive and Northeast Reimann Street in east Salem, Oregon. Deputies arrived after a 911 call shortly before 5:30 p.m., found Garcia with critical injuries, and he was taken to a local hospital where he later died. An autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound as the cause of death and classified the death as a homicide.

Investigators concluded the shooting was a targeted, gang-related attack. Two Salem residents, 18-year-old Yahir Cruz-Rosales and 18-year-old John Juarez-Juarez, were identified in the investigation. Authorities say the men spotted Garcia’s vehicle, pursued it for over three minutes, then pulled alongside; Cruz-Rosales fired three shots and one struck Garcia in the chest. Both suspects were arrested in October 2022 and later indicted on multiple serious charges.

If anyone in east Salem that evening saw the pursuit or has information about Garcia or the vehicles involved, please share what is known.