Javier Medina, a 27-year-old Hispanic man and father to a young son, was shot on the night of November 13, 2023. Shortly before 10 p.m., deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a firearm assault in the 400 block of East Bradley Avenue, an unincorporated area known as Bostonia, near El Cajon, California. They found Medina suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
He was transported to a local hospital, but he died from his injuries two days later, on November 15. A fundraiser was later established to help his family with funeral expenses.
The investigation led to the arrests of two men, Hunter Randall White, then 21, and Kristian Wolf, then 22. Both were charged with murder for Medina's death and attempted murder for allegedly firing at a second man during the same incident. The investigation also implicated Hunter White’s mother, Carla White, a 53-year-old senior office assistant with the San Diego County Probation Department. Prosecutors alleged that she drove her son from the scene of the shooting, instructing him to hide in the back seat under a sunshade, and later used her position to provide him with a confidential law enforcement flyer indicating that authorities were looking for him.
During court proceedings, further details of the case emerged. Witnesses testified that two men approached Medina and issued a "gang challenge" just before he was shot. Surveillance footage placed White and Wolf at a nearby apartment complex shortly before the shooting, and evidence from cell phones suggested there was ongoing animosity between the defendants and the victim. After his arrest, Hunter White was placed in a holding cell with a confidential informant. Investigators told White the falsehood that his DNA had been found on shell casings at the scene, after which he admitted to the informant that he had shot Medina.
Carla White pleaded guilty to a felony count of being an accessory after the fact and a misdemeanor count of unauthorized furnishing of information. In April 2024, she was sentenced to one year in county jail. Kristian Wolf, 24, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a firearm enhancement. In September 2024, he was sentenced to 12 years in state prison.
Hunter White, 23, was ordered to stand trial on charges of murder and attempted murder. As of September 2024, he remains in custody without bail and is awaiting trial.
