Gladys Elizabeth ’Lizzy’ Orosco was 20 and living in Riverside, California when she was shot and killed at a home in the 3300 block of Eucalyptus Avenue on July 22, 2021. Riverside police responded about 4:16 p.m.; paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

Investigators identified her 19-year-old boyfriend, Fredi Lucero, as the primary suspect. According to the preliminary account, an argument between the couple escalated that afternoon, Lucero produced a firearm and fatally shot Lizzy, then fled before officers arrived. He was found hours later near Spruce Street and the 91 Freeway; a handgun believed to be the weapon was recovered nearby. Lucero was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder and of using a firearm during the commission of a felony, held on $2 million bail.

The Robbery-Homicide Unit, Forensics Unit, the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner and the District Attorney’s Office are involved and detectives ask anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in the Eastside neighborhood see or hear anything that afternoon?