Arrests Made In Fremont Fatal Shooting

A Fremont homicide case that had been quiet for months suddenly moved this week. Police said two suspects in the February 3 fatal shooting near Central Avenue and Joseph Street were arrested after Hayward officers detained them on an unrelated trespassing call on April 4. The men are 19-year-old Kaleb Soto and 42-year-old Ricardo Duran, and Fremont police said both were later booked on homicide warrants. ### What happened back in February? The shooting happened at about 4:19 p.m. on February 3, when Fremont police got multiple 911 calls about gunfire near Central Avenue and Joseph Street. Officers found a victim on the ground, gave trauma care, and the victim later died from the injuries. Police said at the time that detectives from the Crimes Against Persons Unit took over the investigation. (fremontpolice.gov) ### Who was arrested? Fremont police named Soto, 19, and Duran, 42, in the update posted May 7. The department said Hayward officers recognized both men as people tied to the Fremont homicide investigation while handling the trespassing call, then coordinated with Fremont investigators, who took custody of them. Both were booked on warrants for Penal Code 187 — homicide. (fremontpolice.gov) ### Why did this take so long to become public? Basically, the arrests themselves were not new — the detentions happened on April 4 — but Fremont police did not publicly announce them until May 7. That gap matters because it explains why the story seems to appear all at once now even though the key police action happened more than a month earlier. ### Who was the victim? (fremontpolice.gov) Fremont police did not name the victim in the May 7 release. But court-record reporting tied the case to the killing of Fernando Campos-Diaz, who was found wounded near a 7-Eleven in that same area and died despite emergency efforts. That identification comes from secondary reporting on the charging documents, not from the police release itself. ### What do court records add? This is where the case gets heavier. Patch, citing court records described by the East Bay Times, said prosecutors tied Soto and Duran to the Decoto gang, a Norteño subset in Union City, and said the shooting followed a clash with rivals. The same report said Duran allegedly told others to get a gun after a fight started going badly, and Soto allegedly chased Campos-Diaz as he ran. Those are allegations in court records, not proven facts. (patch.com) ### Why does the Hayward detail matter? Because it shows how homicide cases often break open — not with a dramatic raid, but with a routine stop somewhere else. Hayward officers were handling a trespassing call, recognized the two men as persons of interest, and that gave Fremont detectives the opening they needed. Turns out a lot of major arrests happen exactly that way. (patch.com) ### How big is this for Fremont? Police said the February shooting was Fremont’s second homicide of 2026. That does not tell you whether violence is broadly rising, but it does show this was one of a very small number of killings in the city this year, which helps explain why the case drew sustained attention. ### What happens next? The public piece is now simple: two named suspects, a homicide booking, and an investigation that is still open enough for police to keep asking for witnesses and tips. (fremontpolice.gov) The less simple part is the court case ahead — where prosecutors will have to turn police theory into evidence that holds up.