Fael Valente was 30 and a Los Angeles resident when he was shot to death on January 2, 2019, near the 1500 block of North Bonnie Beach Place in East Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled his cause of death gunshot wounds. Family and friends remember him as joyful and beloved.

Details about what led to the shooting remain unclear. The case has attracted local media attention and remains an open investigation.

If anyone has information about Fael’s movements that night, witnesses who were in the area, or other details that could help the investigation, please share what is known with law enforcement.