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19-Year-Old Man Gunned Down On Salinas Street Dies In Hospital; Suspects Sought

SALINAS (CBS SF) -- Police in Salinas are looking for the suspects in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man on Friday evening.

The victim, David Hernandez, was walking on Fairhaven Street near Haven Alley where two men approached him around 7:45 p.m., police said.

Without exchanging words, the men shot Hernandez multiple times before they fled in a waiting vehicle, according to police.

Witnesses described the suspects as two men in their early 20s and the suspect vehicle as a burgundy sedan, police said.

Hernandez was transported to Natividad Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Salinas police Detective Magana at (831) 758-7129 or Detective Fors at (831) 758-7124. Tips can be left with the police department by calling (831) 758-7133 or (831) 775-4222.

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