Detwonia Lamond Harris, 55, of Reseda, was shot and killed on July 25, 2019 while riding an Orange Line bus in Van Nuys. The shooting occurred about 1 p.m. on the 6300 block of Woodley Avenue; coroner’s records list Harris as pronounced dead at the scene at 1:10 p.m. Reports describe the attack as apparently random, with no prior interaction between Harris and the shooter, identified as 26-year-old Gerry Dean Zaragoza.

That attack was one in a series of shootings that day. Earlier, Zaragoza is reported to have killed his father and brother in their Canoga Park apartment and to have shot his mother, who survived. He also fatally shot an ex-girlfriend at a North Hollywood gas station. After a manhunt, officers located Zaragoza around 2:30 p.m. on Canoga Avenue near Gault Street; he was subdued with a Taser and arrested. He was later charged with multiple counts including four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Vigils and memorials were held for Harris and the other victims as investigators reviewed video from the bus and other locations to reconstruct the sequence of events. If anyone knew Detwonia Harris or has information about his movements that day, please come forward.