January 10, 2022 – Merced – On December 1, 2017, at approximately 11:31 P.M., Merced PD Officers responded to the former America’s Best Value Inn at 1213 V Street in the city of Merced for an unresponsive subject in one of the rooms. Officers entered the room to conduct a welfare check and found the subject was deceased due to an apparent gunshot wound. The subject was later identified as Woodrow Tomas Ernest Herrera (48) of Merced.
Detectives found that someone tried to use Herrera's bank card in the city of Modesto, an hour after he was found shot to death. Detectives are asking for the publics assistance in identifying the man and woman who were captured on bank surveillance footage as they attempted to withdraw money from Herrera’s bank account.
Case Number: 2017-71332
Merced Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this incident to contact Detective John Pinnegar at 209-388-7712 or by email at pinnegarj@cityofmerced.org.
Other ways to contact us or report crime include:
For any emergency call or text 911
For non-emergency call 209-385-6912
Anonymous Tip Line (Non-emergency) call 209-385-4725
Anonymous Tips online at http://www.mercedareacrimestoppers.org/index.html.
Some crimes can be reported online through the Merced PD website https://www.cityofmerced.org/departments/police.
Source: Merced Police Department
