Fremont police were sent to the parking lot of the Royal Palace Banquet Hall on Friday night on reports of a drive-by shooting. (Henry Lee)
FREMONT, Calif. – Two people were killed in a Friday night drive-by shooting in Fremont.
Fremont Police Department officers were called just after 11:10 p.m. on Friday to the 6000 block of Stevenson Boulevard on reports of the shooting, according to a department statement.
Officers went to the parking lot of the Royal Palace Banquet Hall on Stevenson Boulevard between Albrae Street and Cedar Boulevard, and found two victims injured at the scene. The FPD initially reported three victims were injured in the shooting, but revised the number on Saturday afternoon.
Responders provided life-saving aid to one of the victims at the scene, but they died of their injuries.
The other victim was taken to a hospital, where they died of their wounds.
The identities of the two people killed were withheld pending notification of their next of kin. Police noted they are Fremont’s third and fourth homicides of 2025.
The banquet hall published an Instagram story on Saturday evening offering its condolences to the victims.
“On behalf of the Royal Palace team we wanted to give our deepest condolences to the families affected,” the banquet hall said on social media. “We also want to clarify that the incident has nothing to do with Royal Palace.”
FPD investigators took over the scene of the shooting, and determined through a preliminary investigation that “a suspect vehicle drove up to the victims in a large parking lot and fired multiple shots,” the department said.
Investigators are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance video from the area. No suspect information was released.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to contact the FPD Investigation Unit at 510-790-6900.
The Source: Fremont Police Department
