In just the first 19 days of the year, five people have been shot and three of those were killed in the city of Merced.

Two 14-year-old boys, Xavier Barragan and Nehemiah Green, were found shot to death near the Merced Behavioral Center on E. 13th Street, and police are investigating the incident as a possible

Shots were fired near a vigil Wednesday night for the two 14-year-old boys killed in a shooting earlier this week, according to Merced police. The vigil was being held near the makeshift memorials outside the Merced Urology Medical Group building on East 13th Street.

A Merced County man was arrested in connection with a shooting. Learn more about the latest developments and details.

MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting in Planada earlier this month, deputies announced. The shooting took place in Planada on Jan 8, deputies say. Deputies reported finding an abandoned vehicle that contained multiple firearms.

A 32-year-old Planada man was arrested Friday on gun charges after an investigation into a shooting led to him, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said. The investigation was for a shooting that took place Jan. 8 in Planada. Nobody was injured.