STOCKTON, Calif. — On Sept. 25, 2016, Melanie Martinez was sitting in the backseat of a vehicle when she was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on the city’s Southside.
Nearly three years after her death, Stockton Detectives have made an arrest.
Throughout the investigation, Stockton Police detectives identified at least one person who fired a weapon that hit and killed the little girl near the intersection of Jefferson and Commerce Streets. This week, that person was arrested and booked on murder and attempted murder charges.
The 18-year-old was arrested Thursday, April 25, 2019, and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail. At the time of Melanie's death, police said he would have been a juvenile. According to the Stockton Police Department, since the suspect was a juvenile at the time of the crime, they are not yet releasing his have name or a mugshot.
Though an arrest was made, police say this is still an active investigation. The department is asking anyone with information to do one of the following:
Call the departments
- Stockton Police: (209) 937-8377
- The Investigations Unit: (209) 937-8323
- Stockton Crime Stoppers Inc.: (209) 946-0600
Text information
You may also text information to ‘Crimes’ (274637) by typing the keyword "TIPSPD" along with your tip to the Department.
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Visit the Stockton Police Department’s Facebook page and click ‘Submit A Tip.’
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