Alexander Jose Alvarado was a 12-year-old boy from Los Angeles who was shot and killed on December 6, 2021. The shooting happened in the late afternoon near 1511 Denni Street in the Wilmington neighborhood. Alexander was sitting in a Dodge Durango with a 30-year-old woman named Evelyn Romero when at least two suspects approached the vehicle and opened fire; Alexander was struck by a stray bullet and the vehicle was left riddled with bullet holes.

Investigators linked Alexander’s killing to a separate shooting that same evening in which a 9-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet while playing in the schoolyard at Wilmington Park Elementary School; she survived and was taken to hospital. The LAPD described the two incidents as connected and launched an extensive investigation.

What information do community members or witnesses have about activity near Denni Street that afternoon?