Julian Elijah Boston, 24, was shot and killed on November 24, 2017, in the Westmont area of South Los Angeles. He was sitting alone in his cousin’s car parked in an alley behind his aunt’s house on West 104th Street when another car with three people drove down the alley and someone inside opened fire. Boston was struck multiple times and taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:55 p.m.; the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

Boston had been staying with his aunt for a few months after moving to Los Angeles to seek work and spend more time with his three young children. His mother, Pilar Peynado of Providence, Nevada, said she had been on the phone with him about 20 minutes before the shooting. Investigators say Boston was not involved in gang activity, though detectives suspect the shooters may have gang affiliations.

No arrests or suspects have been identified and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers. If anyone knew Julian or saw activity in the alley on November 24, can you share what you know?