Carlos Alvarez Diaz, 39, was killed on October 8, 2022, in Hawaiian Gardens, California. Deputies responded about 1:09 a.m. to an assault with a deadly weapon on the 22300 block of Wardham Avenue and found Diaz near his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. A 14-year-old boy was also struck by gunfire but survived.

Investigators say Diaz was driving north on Norwalk Boulevard at 226th Street when he was shot. Authorities describe the suspect vehicle as a dark-colored four-door car carrying several males; the shooter was described as a Hispanic male in his late teens or early twenties wearing a black t-shirt and black beanie. Diaz’s family say he was not involved in gang activity and leave behind two daughters and an unborn son. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the city of Hawaiian Gardens have offered a combined $30,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction. The LASD Homicide Bureau is investigating.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the vehicle seen heading north on Norwalk Boulevard that night, please come forward.