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RICHMOND – Unidentified attackers killed two young men on a residential street shortly before midnight Friday, police said. 

Jason DePaul Reed and Stanley Arness Gordon Jr., both 19, died from multiple gunshot wounds at the scene, said Deputy Bill Brinks with the Contra Costa Coroner’s Office. 

Richmond homicide Detective Joe Valle said Saturday police investigators did not know what events led to the attack or the motive behind the shooting, the Contra Costa Times reported. 

The bodies were found next to a gray Chevrolet that Reed’s mother, Loretta Anderson, said belonged to him. 

“When other people had some kind of dispute, he would step in and try to resolve things,” Anderson said. 

Gordon, who lived with a guardian in Hercules, had been shot and wounded a few months ago, Anderson said. He had been friends with Reed since junior high school.