Ryan Michael Dean was 19 when he was brought to Watsonville Community Hospital with a single gunshot wound in the early hours of February 9, 2014. Three unidentified males drove up to the emergency room entrance, left Dean there, and fled without giving any information. Hospital staff attempted to save him but Dean died shortly after being admitted.

The Watsonville Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Early reports mentioned a possible gang connection, but no evidence proving that has been released. No arrests have been announced and investigators say the case remains unsolved, hampered by the lack of witnesses and cooperation from those who brought him to the hospital.

Dean’s death was the first reported homicide in Watsonville for 2014 and left the community grieving. Does anyone who was in Watsonville that night have information that could help investigators?