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A man who died after he was found unresponsive in a parked car in East Palo Alto on Tuesday night has sparked a homicide investigation, police said Wednesday.
Around 9 p.m., emergency responders from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District located an unresponsive man sitting in a car parked along a sidewalk in the 100 block of Jasmine Way, according to a press release. The street is near San Francisquito Creek.
As paramedics provided aid to the man, they found he was suffering from gunshot wounds. Police were called to the scene, the release states.
The man was transported to a hospital where he died of his injuries, according to police. The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office identified him as 26-year-old Victor Godoy of San Mateo.
The case is the fourth homicide in the city this year. Two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds on Woodland Avenue in separate instances on May 4 and May 23. On July 2, a woman was killed during an argument on Verbena Drive, according to police.
Anyone who has information related to Tuesday’s homicide is asked to contact East Palo Alto police by calling Detective Aleyda Romero at 650-853-7249. Anonymous tips can also be made by text or voicemail at 650-409-6792 or email to epa@tipnow.org.
