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Salinas Police arrest a suspect five days after triple shooting that killed two young men.
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Salinas Police arrest a suspect five days after triple shooting that killed two young men.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 25, 2025

Three young people were shot just after 11pm on Friday night, Sept. 19, on a residential block of Cross Avenue near Miami Street in Salinas. T…

A quadruple murder shakes King City as police continue to search for the killers and boost patrols.
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A quadruple murder shakes King City as police continue to search for the killers and boost patrols.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Mar 14, 2024

Solemnity and sadness fill the auditorium at Chalone Peaks Middle School in King City on the evening of Thursday, March 7, where over 300 peop…

A shooting in Salinas leaves one dead, two injured and a family in survival mode.
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A shooting in Salinas leaves one dead, two injured and a family in survival mode.

  • Celia Jiménez, Sara Rubin
  • Jun 1, 2023

The life of a family of five changed instantly after Lucía Godínez Martínez was struck by a stray bullet on Saturday, May 20 when she was cook…

Two men killed in separate Salinas attacks within four days.
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Two men killed in separate Salinas attacks within four days.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 11, 2017

Two men are dead in separate Salinas homicides that occurred five miles and four days apart.

Suspected driver in Salinas double homicide arrested in Hollister.
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Suspected driver in Salinas double homicide arrested in Hollister.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 4, 2017

A 19-year-old Hollister man was arrested in the early morning of Aug. 3, and is named as the suspected driver in the May shooting death of two…

Suspect in nine-year-old homicide is captured in Salinas bar.
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Suspect in nine-year-old homicide is captured in Salinas bar.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 1, 2017

Just a month shy of the nine-year anniversary of Adrian Carranza’s homicide, police arrested the man they believe killed him, the Salinas Poli…

More Salinas gang violence erupts, two men shot and killed.
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More Salinas gang violence erupts, two men shot and killed.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 16, 2017

In the second gang-related event in three days, two men were shot and killed in the 1300 block of Garner Avenue in Salinas at about 8:25pm on …

UPDATED: Two dead, one injured in Salinas in separate shooting incidents over the weekend.
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UPDATED: Two dead, one injured in Salinas in separate shooting incidents over the weekend.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 27, 2017

A hail of bullets unleashed in Salinas Saturday night felled two cousins—one fatally—followed by a second shooting less than 24 hours later th…

UPDATED: Known gang member shot and killed in Salinas, according to police.
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UPDATED: Known gang member shot and killed in Salinas, according to police.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 24, 2017

A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in the Northside of Salinas Thursday night after police got a call about a gunshot victim lying in the s…

Salinas Police arrest murder suspect with no body to be found.
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Salinas Police arrest murder suspect with no body to be found.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 17, 2017

There’s no body, but based on a year’s worth of detective work, the Salinas Police Department and Monterey County District Attorney’s office b…

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