Jose Guadalupe Vera was 18 when he was shot and killed in Wilmington, Los Angeles, on June 16, 2019. The Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records place the shooting at about 4:15 a.m. near West Anaheim Street and Island Avenue. Vera was standing outside a bank, talking on his cellphone, when a silver compact sedan drove by, parked, and a passenger exited and began firing. Neighbors heard the shots and called police; Vera was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:25 a.m.

Harbor Area Homicide detectives from the LAPD opened an investigation and have asked the public for help identifying the shooter or shooters. Despite appeals for tips and offers of anonymity through Crime Stoppers, no arrests have been made and no suspect has been publicly identified. Very little is publicly known beyond the sequence of events that night.

If anyone saw activity near West Anaheim Street and Island Avenue that early morning or has information about the silver compact sedan or its occupants, please contact the Harbor Area Homicide unit or submit a tip to Crime Stoppers.