Two Arrested in Fatal Fremont Shooting

A Fremont homicide case that had been hanging open since early February finally moved this week. Police said two men wanted in the fatal shooting near Central Avenue and Joseph Street were arrested after a separate Hayward trespassing call in April put officers in contact with them. That matters because the case had gone quiet in public after the victim died at the scene, and for months all the city really had was a location, a time, and a plea for tips. Now there are names, arrests, and at least the outline of how investigators got there. ### What happened back in February? On February 3, 2026, at about 4:19 p.m., Fremont police got multiple 911 calls about a shooting in the Centerville area, near Central Avenue and Joseph Street. Officers arrived within minutes, found one victim on the ground, gave trauma care, and the victim later died. Police said at the time that it was Fremont’s second homicide of 2026. (fremontpolice.gov) ### Who got arrested? The two men publicly identified in local coverage are Ricardo Duran, 42, of San Francisco, and Kaleb Soto, 19. Fremont police said both were booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of homicide after Hayward officers detained them on April 4. Local reports also say both were being held without bail when the arrests became public. ### Why were Hayward officers involved? (fremontpolice.gov) This is the odd part. The arrests did not come from a dramatic takedown tied directly to the shooting scene. They came after Hayward police responded to a trespassing complaint and recognized the two men as persons of interest in the Fremont case. Basically, a lower-level call appears to have cracked open a homicide investigation that had been sitting unresolved for two months. (kron4.com) ### Do police know the motive? Publicly, not in a full official way. But local reporting tied to court records points to a gang-related confrontation. Patch said Duran and Soto were described as members of the Decoto gang, a Norteño subset in Union City, and that the victim was Fernando Campos-Diaz. That reporting says the shooting followed a confrontation near a 7-Eleven involving rival groups. Fremont police themselves have not laid out that narrative in the short public release on the homicide. (hoodline.com) ### Why does that detail matter? Because it changes the shape of the story. Early on, this looked like one more unsolved neighborhood shooting with almost no public detail. The gang allegation — if prosecutors stick with it — suggests investigators think this was not random. It also helps explain why the case may involve more evidence review, more charging decisions, and possibly more people than the two men already arrested. (patch.com) ### Is the case finished now? No. An arrest is not the same thing as a completed case. Fremont police still describe the homicide investigation as active and are still asking for witnesses or people with information to come forward. That usually means detectives believe there may be more video, more statements, or more participants to sort out before the whole picture is public. (hoodline.com) ### Why did this story resurface now? Because the arrests happened in April, but the case only became public in local news coverage this week. That gap can happen when investigators keep details tight while they line up evidence, jail bookings, and possible charging decisions. So the “news” here is not the shooting itself — it’s that police now say they have two suspects in custody. (fremontpolice.gov) ### Bottom line? Fremont now has suspects in a February killing that had been unresolved in public view for three months. But the deeper questions — motive, charging details, and whether anyone else was involved — are still not fully answered. (fremontpolice.gov) (sfgate.com)