Nearly two years after an 18-year-old was gunned down in San Bernardino, police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
Erick Gomez was shot on the night of Sept. 4, 2023, on the 2100 block of North Sierra Way, and until now few leads have developed.
On that night, San Bernardino Police Department officers responded to a 911 call around 9:48 p.m. and found Gomez suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
“The victim was sitting inside of a vehicle parked along the west side curb of North Sierra Way when a dark-colored sedan drove up,” said SBPD Detective Retamoza. “The suspect got out of the vehicle and fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, striking the victim.”
Gomez was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Retamoza said.
No arrests have been made in the 20 months since Gomez was shot and killed. But on Thursday, police released new details uncovered from recently reviewed surveillance footage.
Police say the video showed a Hispanic man wearing a black hoodie and gray shorts approach the victim’s vehicle moments before the shooting. He was then seen leaving the area in a black sedan.
Investigators believe this man may be the person who shot the 18-year-old, or has some connection to the killing.
At this time, there’s no known motive for the killing of Gomez, who was a resident of San Bernardino. Police released some of the imagery from the new surveillance footage on the Department Instagram page Thursday.
Anyone with information about the deadly shooting is urged to contact SBPD Detective R. Retamoza at 909-384-4934, or Sergeant E. Campos at 909-384-5613
