Ray Bonilla, 55, of Covina, California, was shot to death on February 22, 2018, at the Starlite Mobile Estates, a mobile home park at 1045 N. Azusa Avenue. He was found in the driver’s seat of his car with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics arrived.

The shooting followed a confrontation earlier that day with his neighbor and friend, 65-year-old Michael Irving Ness, who accused Bonilla of having an affair with his former girlfriend. Bonilla denied the allegation and, after going outside and sitting in his car, called a neighbor about Ness’s behavior. Ness then approached the car with a revolver and fired six shots. Ness left the scene, was later located at a nearby bar and arrested without incident.

Ness was charged with second-degree murder and pleaded not guilty. The case was tried in court, where the prosecution described jealousy and perceived betrayal as motives and the defense argued a moment of passion; a jury found Ness guilty on March 15, 2024. Bonilla is remembered as a devoted father to three children, one of whom had planned to visit him the day after the shooting.

Did anyone in the Starlite Mobile Estates know about tensions between Bonilla and Ness before that day?