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2 People are Arrested for September 2024 Shooting that Injured 2 Teenagers in King City

 

On September 29, 2024 officers from the King City Police Department responded to a residence on the 600

Block of Sycamore Street on a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers located a residence that had

been the scene of a backyard party. During the party, two suspects entered the backyard through a side

gate. One of the suspects was armed with a handgun and opened fire on the crowd. Two people, a sixteen-

year-old male and an 18-year-old male sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to

area hospitals for treatment.

Through investigation, detectives identified Melinda Mendoza, a 19-year-old female resident of

King City, as a participant in the shooting. On October 2, 2024 Mendoza was located and arrested. She is

currently being housed in Monterey County Jail awaiting trial on multiple charges including assault with a

deadly weapon and attempted homicide.

On February 27, 2025, detectives, with the assistance of officers from the Greenfield Police Department

and California Department of Corrections, served a search warrant at a residence in the 200 Block of Tom

Rogers Circle in the city of Greenfield. Detectives seized several items of evidence and took Adrian

Vasquez Martinez, a 22-year-old male resident of Greenfield, into custody for his involvement in

the shooting. Martinez was booked into Monterey County Jail on charges including attempted murder

with gang enhancements, discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury, and shooting into an inhabited

dwelling. The investigation is ongoing.


The King City Police Department would like to thank the Greenfield Police Department and the California

Department of Corrections for their assistance. If you have any information on this case, we encourage

you to call the King City Police Department at 831-385-4848, Detective Sergeant Partida at 831-386-5988,

or Detective Gurley at 831-386-5978. You can also email Detective Sergeant Partida at

jpartida@kingcity.com or Detective Gurley at dgurley@kingcity.com. If you wish to remain anonymous,

you can call the WeTip line at 1-844-844-3382. Any and all information is welcome.

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