Jason Matthew Contreras, 32, was shot and killed on November 29, 2017, on the 7500 block of Alexander Street in Gilroy, California. He and another person argued shortly before the shooting; witnesses said the altercation escalated and Contreras was struck multiple times. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Gilroy Police Department identified a suspect, 20-year-old Jay Robert Vasquez, and issued an arrest warrant describing him as armed and dangerous. Investigators described the homicide as gang-related and asked the public for help locating Vasquez. This was reported as Gilroy’s first homicide of 2017.

If anyone has information about that night, Contreras, or Vasquez’s whereabouts, please share what is known with the Gilroy Police Department.