A judge sentenced Eduardo Vazquez to 35 years to life for the murder of Johnny Ramirez.

Thirty-five years to life is the sentence on a first-degree murder conviction. Nineteen years is the sentence on Diaz's voluntary-manslaughter plea, after jurors could not reach a verdict on the homicide count. A hung jury is not an acquittal, and a manslaughter plea is not a murder verdict. Patch reported prosecutors allege both men were gang members and that the killing was gang-motivated. That allegation is not a separate sentence in the Patch account.

San Diego Patch reported Oct. 9, 2026, that a man convicted of shooting a homeless man in Linda Vista was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years to life in state prison. The dispatch, from City News Service, named him Eduardo Vazquez, 28. It reported he was convicted of first-degree murder for the July 24, 2022 killing of Johnny Ramirez, 41. It reported Ramirez was found shot in the back just after 5 a.m. in the 2200 block of Ulric Street and died at the scene. Hoodline, in an Oct. 7 story, spelled the name Eduardo Vasquez and reported the same 35-years-to-life sentence for first-degree murder. This account uses Vazquez, the spelling in the Patch and City News Service story.

Patch reported Vazquez and co-defendant Arturo Diaz were not arrested until more than a year after the homicide. It reported prosecutors allege the defendants were gang members and that Ramirez's killing was gang-motivated. Hoodline reported the same gang allegation. The murder conviction is the verdict on Vazquez. The gang claim, in both stories, is what prosecutors allege.

Diaz's case ended on a different count. Patch reported Diaz, also 28, went on trial for the homicide, that jurors could not reach verdicts, and that he later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 19 years in state prison. Hoodline reported the same hung jury, the same plea, and the same 19-year term. A voluntary-manslaughter plea is a conviction for that offense. It is not a first-degree murder verdict.

The block is consistent. The cross street is not. Patch reported the 2200 block of Ulric Street and named no cross street. Hoodline reported that one account placed the shooting on Ulric Street near Comstock Street and that another placed it on Ulric Street near Burroughs Street. Hoodline called that split unresolved. The prison terms are the sentences those outlets reported. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.