Albert Junior Borjas, 16, was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body at a home in the 400 block of Sycamore Street in Santa Paula just after 12:30 p.m. on July 22, 2025. First responders gave aid and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officials said the case would be handled procedurally as a homicide while detectives examined whether the wound might have been self-inflicted and how a minor obtained access to a loaded firearm.

Family described Albert Junior Borjas as a Santa Paula High School student active with his church’s social group and said no one in the household owned a firearm. A 911 call reporting shots fired came in about 12:35 p.m.; officers arrived within seconds and performed lifesaving measures before transport. In the days after the incident authorities had not announced any arrests or named suspects and said they were uncertain anyone else had been involved.

Does anyone in Santa Paula have information about who might have had access to a firearm at that address or saw activity near Sycamore Street around midday on July 22?