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Azucena Susie Lepe, 45, was working the early morning shift at a Shell station on Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood when she was fatally shot around 2:40 a.m. on July 25, 2019. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead shortly after. Lepe was a mother of four; her family later set up a fundraising page to cover funeral costs.

Authorities say the shooter, identified as 26-year-old Gerry Dean Zaragoza, had a prior relationship with Lepe. Investigators described a violent spree that began at Zaragoza’s family home, where his brother, 33, and father, 56, were killed and his mother was injured, and continued with multiple shootings that included another victim at the same gas station, an attempted robbery in Canoga Park, and a fatal shooting aboard an Orange Line bus in Van Nuys. Zaragoza was located and taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. the same day after being spotted by a joint LAPD–FBI fugitive task force; officers used a Taser when he refused orders to surrender.

The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office filed charges on July 29, 2019, including four counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of attempted robbery. Does anyone have information about Susie’s life or the people she left behind that could add to the record?