Arlena Leonor Rodriguez was 24 and seven months pregnant when she was shot multiple times while sitting in a parked car in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles on November 15, 2020. The shooting happened around 11:25 a.m. as a man she was with worked on the vehicle’s engine; the suspect approached the car and fired several rounds, striking both Arlena and the man. Arlena and her unborn baby were pronounced dead at the hospital; the man survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators described Arlena as likely an unintended target of gang violence. A makeshift memorial was left at the scene, and her family — including three young children — and the community have been left grieving. A GoFundMe page was created by her stepmother to help cover funeral expenses and support the surviving children. No arrests have been announced and detectives continue to seek the public’s help in identifying the shooter.

If anyone has information about that November 15, 2020 shooting in Wilmington, contact the Los Angeles Police Department.