Johnny Ca$h: A Killing With No Answers

What really happened to Johnny Ca$h? On March 29, 2007, rising Bay Area rapper Johnny Ca$h (Johnny Castaneda Jr.) was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Sereno Village apartments in Vallejo, California. He was only 25 years old… and to many in Richmond and across the Bay, he was next. But this wasn’t just another shooting. The crime scene told one story… Witnesses told another… And the streets? They never stopped talking. From conflicting statements about what happened that morning… to rumors of a previous attempt on his life… to the name “Mac Maj” (Major Eberhart) being brought up again and again — this case quickly turned into something deeper than a simple murder. Police investigated. A suspect was found. Shots were fired again during a standoff. But in the end… no one was ever charged for Johnny Ca$h’s murder. No arrests. No answers. Just shell casings in a parking lot… and a story the Bay still hasn’t been able to close. This is the full story of Johnny Ca$h — his rise, his music, the life he was building… and the mystery surrounding his death that still lingers to this day.