Jose Manuel Meraz, a 27-year-old Latino man, was fatally shot on February 24, 2021, near 18229 Villa Clara Street in the unincorporated community of Rowland Heights, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records list the cause as a gunshot, and the incident occurred the same day and location where 39-year-old Jose Trinidad Zavala Lopez was also killed.

Authorities described both deaths as the result of a targeted shooting. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation and appealed to the public for information, but the motive and the identity of the shooters remained unclear in the early stages and investigators said more witnesses and concrete leads were needed.

If anyone knew Jose Meraz, his routines, or saw anything near Villa Clara Street on February 24, 2021, please share information with the Sheriff’s Department.