Eduardo Mijares, a 30-year-old Santa Ana resident, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds on West Myrtle Street on July 8, 2019. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Mijares’ death occurred amid a reported rise in violent crime in Santa Ana over the preceding five years, a trend that local leaders and community groups said strained the police department and coincided with falling homicide clearance rates. The Santa Ana Police Department did not participate in a community safety assessment by the Urban Peace Institute, a move critics pointed to when discussing gaps in the city’s violence-response strategies.

Anyone who knew Eduardo, was in the West Myrtle Street area on July 8, 2019, or has information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.