Juan Pablo Barajas was 22 when he was shot and killed on June 15, 2019, in East Compton, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records list a shooting just after 10 p.m. in the 600 block of South Butler Avenue. Deputies responding to reports of a shooting found Barajas lying in the street with at least one gunshot wound to the upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The circumstances around the shooting remain unclear and no suspect descriptions were reported. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating and has asked anyone with information to contact the Homicide Bureau or submit tips anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone in the East Compton area remember seeing or hearing anything around South Butler Avenue that night that could help investigators?