Officers from the Merced Police Department responded to Merino Park on August 12, 2019, at approximately 8:45 p.m., for a report of a shooting.

When officers arrived on scene, they located two males who had been shot.

One of the victims was a 20-year-old Male and the second victim was a 17-year-old male juvenile.

Due to their injuries, both victims were transported to local hospitals.

The male juvenile was not critically injured, he was treated at the hospital and later released.

The adult male victim suffered serious injuries, he was flown to a Modesto hospital and later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.

Through an intensive investigation, Merced Police Detectives were able to identify a 17-year-old male juvenile as the primary suspect in the shooting, he was arrested October 1st, 2019, on murder charges.

Additionally, 23-year-old Deshawn Peterson and 26-year-old Dasha Winzer were arrested for being accessories to the murder.

Merced Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this crime to contact Detective Jeremy Salyers at (209) 388-7771.

The public can send information via anonymous text messages to police department by dialing “TIP411” (847411) and including WordCampmpip” as the “keyword” in the text message.