Overview
- Novato police responded to reports of gunfire outside an apartment complex on Alameda del Prado and found an adult male with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
- The victim was taken to a hospital and later died, and authorities have since treated the case as a homicide investigation.
- The Marin County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol joined Novato officers in a large, active search that included road closures and possible aerial assets.
- Police described the suspect as a Hispanic man about 5'6" wearing dark pants, a gray hooded sweatshirt and a black ski mask and said he fled on foot toward Calle Arboleda.
- Officials released few details and asked the public for help as investigators continue door-to-door and aerial searches and residents remain urged to stay inside to keep the scene secure.