Amanda Nicole Nikki Lopez, 27, was shot and killed on April 22, 2018, while sleeping in a tent near the East Los Angeles Civic Center. Coroner’s records show the shooting occurred about 2:32 a.m.; she was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:45 a.m. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the shooting was not believed to be random and Lopez appeared to have been targeted, but no motive or shooter description was released at the time.

Her death was linked by the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau to two earlier unsolved killings in East Los Angeles, those of Jesse Avalos in 2014 and Eduardo Robles in 2015. An $80,000 reward was announced for information leading to arrest and conviction in the related cases. Lopez is remembered by family as a loving mother and a sister to seven; her family set up an online fundraiser to help with funeral costs. If anyone knew Amanda, saw activity near the civic center that night, or has information related to these cases, please come forward.