Rigoberto Ramirez Ruiz Sr, a 46-year-old Latino male, was shot near 1150 Esperanza Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on September 20, 2021. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner recorded his death on October 1, 2021; his death is listed as a homicide from gunshot wounds.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau has been investigating the shooting. The killing has had a visible impact on the Boyle Heights community.

If anyone has information about the shooting near Esperanza Street on September 20, 2021, or knows anything that could assist investigators, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau.