Antonio Olmedo Mendoza, a 62-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed on January 2, 2022, near 8100 Vineland Ave in Sun Valley, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records list his death as a homicide; he was shot multiple times and later pronounced dead in January.

The Los Angeles Police Department opened an investigation into the shooting. Friends and family remembered Mendoza as a kind, hardworking person, and the shooting left the Sun Valley neighborhood in shock.

If anyone saw activity near Vineland Ave that Sunday or has information about Mendoza’s death, please contact the LAPD.