‘The police don’t seem to care’: in a rural California town vexed by gun violence, families search for clues on their own

Dozens of families have lost loved ones to homicides in Delano, where most murders go unsolved

This is the second of three stories on gun violence in Delano. Read the first story here

Marcus Cardenas had just stepped outside his house for a smoke and a phone call when an SUV pulled up. A man jumped out and shot him in the neck and head.

Cardenas's mother, Dolores, ran outside. I went to him immediately," she said. But she was too late. Her 20-year-old son was lying flat on the ground.