Armando Hernandez Jr., a 30-year-old man from Belmont, Massachusetts, was fatally shot on the evening of March 22, 2016, on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge near Mount Auburn Hospital. Multiple gunshots rang out; Hernandez was found lying in the street and taken to the nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. A male companion was also shot but survived.

Cambridge police and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office investigated and publicly stated they believed Hernandez and his companion were deliberately targeted rather than being victims of a random act. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and pursued leads; a vehicle fire in a nearby cemetery was initially examined but later ruled unrelated. No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested, and the investigation has gone cold.

Anyone who saw activity on Mt. Auburn Street that night or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.