OCEANSIDE -- Two young men, Jonathan Johnson, 20, of Vista, and Dominic Porter, 21, of Oceanside, were arrested early Friday morning and booked into the Vista Detention Facility for the shooting death of Kenya Hunt, authorities said, while friends of the victim gathered to remember him Friday night.

Hunt, 34, an Oceanside High School graduate and former minor league baseball player, was fatally shot Thursday in his driveway in the 4700 block of Lofty Grove Drive.

"No information regarding the motive is being released," Oceanside police Sgt. Leonard Mata said Friday, declining to give a timeline for the investigation.

The shooting happened about 10 a.m. in the neighborhood between North and Olive avenues. Police detained and handcuffed two men -- Johnson and Porter -- nearby at Oceanside Boulevard and Temple Heights Drive.

Friday evening, about 25 people gathered in front of Hunt's Oceanside house to pray for him and to remember him. His cousin, Caryn Black, brought a white wooden cross with his name on it, red roses and tealights. The cross was planted in his lawn and bouquets of flowers and other religious candles were placed in front of it.

"He didn't deserve this. He just didn't deserve this," she said.

Greg Stephens, a family friend, said that the shooting did not make any sense. He said some people were making stereotypical assumptions about Hunt, but he wanted them to know that Hunt was not into drugs or gangs.

He said Hunt was a hard worker and was dedicated to his 5-year-old son, K.J., and that he was engaged to be married. Stephens said Hunt was also a T-ball coach with him and was really great with children.

"Him and his son were best friends," Stephens said.

His friends said Hunt had been shot weeks earlier on February 14, but no one could say why he had been targeted. Mata said two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the neighborhood on that day -- one of whom fit Hunt's profile -- but wouldn't confirm that Hunt was one of the victims.

It was unclear whether the February incident was related to Thursday's attack.

Stephens said Hunt would not talk about the earlier shooting.

"How anyone could hate this guy, I don't know," he said. "I don't know of anybody that ever met him that didn't like him."

Next-door neighbor Henry Cortez said Hunt wanted to move out of the neighborhood because he no longer felt safe at his home.

"I myself only knew him as a good person," Cortez said. "It's kind of hard to take."

Johnson and Porter were booked for murder and conspiracy to commit murder, according to the release.

When police arrived at the scene Thursday, they said they found Hunt lying on the sidewalk in front of his house with at least one gunshot wound. He was transported to Scripps trauma center where he was pronounced dead, according to authorities.

Hunt was approached by two masked suspects on foot while he stood in front of his home, police said. At least one man opened fire, according to police. The men then fled the area on foot, authorities said.

Hunt played baseball for several minor league teams, including the Spokane Indians, one of the San Diego Padres' minor league teams.

Most recently, he had been working for a moving company with a contract at Camp Pendleton, according to a former high school coach.

Staff writer Yvette Urrea contributed to this report. Contact staff writer Tom Pfingsten at (760) 731-5799 or tpfingsten@nctimes.com.

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