Jose Albert Holguin, a 31-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on January 8, 2019, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The medical examiner‑coroner’s records place the shooting near East 1st and South Soto streets. Holguin was riding in a car with another person; they stopped outside a liquor store, and after exiting the vehicle Holguin returned with a gunshot wound. The person he was with drove him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:14 p.m.

Detectives asked anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers. Beyond that appeal there are no publicly reported significant leads or identified suspects in the case.

Did anyone in Boyle Heights see or hear anything around East 1st and South Soto on the evening of January 8, 2019, that could help investigators?