On July 18, 2021, 24-year-old Hector Cisneros was shot and killed during a disturbance at a rodeo-type event in Albany, Oregon, an outdoor gathering attended by hundreds. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation to determine how the disturbance escalated to a fatal shooting and to identify the person responsible amid a large crowd.

Linn County detectives arrested 19-year-old Pedro Martinez-Carrillo of Independence on July 19, 2021, in connection with Cisneros’s death. The arrest came quickly after the killing and followed investigative work to piece together events and evidence from the busy scene.

The loss of Hector Cisneros at a public event left family and community members grieving. If anyone who attended that rodeo-type event or who has information about the disturbance or the shooting can help, please come forward.