Carmen Gutierrez Rodriguez, 41, of the North Hills neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, was shot multiple times and killed on January 18, 2017, in the parking lot of Gaby’s Cafe on North Mount Vernon Avenue in San Bernardino. First responders transported her to a hospital, but she died shortly after arrival.

Witnesses reported the shooters as Hispanic men who fled in a greenish-gray Mercury Grand Marquis. Authorities tied the killing to Rodriguez’s association with her husband, Andrew Rodriguez, a high-ranking Mexican Mafia member incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison, and said members of the Mexican Mafia orchestrated the attack from behind bars to send a message to him amid suspicions he was cooperating with law enforcement. Carmen is remembered as a mother and friend who left behind a grieving family and community.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the vehicle seen fleeing the scene, please come forward.