UPDATE: August 23 King City Homicide Victim Identified; Investigation Ongoing

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation into a homicide that occurred

early Sunday morning in King City.

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, shortly after midnight, officers from the King City Police Department

and deputies from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of gunshots heard in the

area of the Hartnell College satellite campus in King City.

Responding law enforcement personnel located a person suffering from an apparent gunshot wound

in the area of 2nd Street and Lynn Street. Despite emergency response efforts, the victim was

pronounced dead at the scene.

The Monterey County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has identified the decedent as 42-year-old Omar

Tellitud Chavez of King City.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is leading the homicide investigation. Detectives continue to

ask anyone who may have witnessed or heard anything related to the incident to come forward.

Investigators are also asking residents and businesses in the area to check surveillance cameras,

doorbell cameras, or other video systems for any footage that may be related to the investigation.

Anyone with information or potentially relevant video footage is asked to contact Detective Erik

Schumacher at 831-755-3796 or Detective Sergeant Nicholas Kennedy at 831-755-3773.

Information may also be submitted anonymously through the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office online

Anonymous Crime Tip form:

https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/government/departments-i-z/sheriff-coroner/forms/anonymous-

crime-tip Information can be provided anonymously.

This remains an active and ongoing investigation. No additional information is being released at this time.

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