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Two people were shot to death inside a room at the La Quinta Inn in Livermore over the weekend, and the prime suspect remains at-large, according to city police.
Revealing details about the homicides for the first time late Thursday morning, the Livermore Police Department confirmed the grisly discovery at the center of the major police presence at the hotel last Saturday morning and said they have identified the man they believe is responsible.
The suspected gunman is 30-year-old Yonston Vazquez of Oakland, according to Livermore police. He is still on the lam and should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said in a press release that asks for the public’s help in locating the man.
The deaths represent the city’s first two homicides of 2024, according to the department.
Officers responded to the La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Livermore on Southfront Road — near the Greenville Road freeway interchange — at around 6:45 a.m. Saturday (April 27) after receiving a report of a shooting at the hotel, police said.
Inside a room, officers found a 26-year-old Oakland woman and a 21-year-old Hayward man dead from gunshot wounds, police said. The names of the victims have not yet been released publicly.
The department’s criminal investigations bureau soon took over the case and developed information identifying Vazquez as the suspect, according to police, who said it was later determined that Vazquez knew one of the victims.
“Livermore Police will not be releasing any more information as the investigation is ongoing,” the department said while also urging anyone with information about Vazquez’s whereabouts to call LPD’s anonymous tip line at 925-371-4790.
