Overview
- Officers responded around 3:30 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert near 1200 Camarillo Court and found a 14-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds who died at the scene.
- Alisal High School and Cesar E. Chavez Elementary briefly locked down at about 3:55 p.m., and officials reported no threat to either campus.
- Salinas Union High School District confirmed the victim was a student and will expand mental health and crisis support in the coming days.
- Police released no suspect information, said there is no ongoing threat to the public, and noted the case marks Salinas’ seventh homicide of 2025.
- Investigators requested tips to Detective Scott Stutton at 831-758-7143 as the case remains active.