Jose Raul Corrales Aguilar, a 69-year-old grandfather and mechanic from Long Beach, California, was killed on October 9, 2018, while watering his lawn near Canal Avenue and Sunset Street. Two men, Rhyan Burrell and Terrel Warren, fired multiple shots from their vehicle; Burrell struck Aguilar with rounds from a .40-caliber handgun, while Warren fired a 9-millimeter handgun and wounded a passenger in a passing car. The shooting followed an earlier confrontation in which the men had gone after school officials over an alleged assault involving a relative of one defendant and a group of students.

Both Burrell and Warren were arrested weeks after the shooting and charged with first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder. The .40-caliber handgun was recovered in Burrell’s refrigerator, and the 9-millimeter was recovered during an unrelated arrest. In January 2025 Burrell received a life sentence without the possibility of parole; Warren’s sentencing was scheduled for February 26, 2025. Aguilar’s family described him as an innocent bystander, killed while performing simple yard work.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the vehicle or the confrontation that day, or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?