Steven Luong Tang, 26, was shot and killed on November 23, 2017, in the 14200 block of Gager Street in Arleta. According to coroner records he had been released from prison about two weeks earlier and was visiting his mother for Thanksgiving. That evening, after returning from a relative’s home in Whittier, Tang went to the rear of the house around 8:15 p.m. and was confronted by an unknown person. An altercation in a back bedroom ended when Tang was shot; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:33 p.m.

Investigators reported no sign of forced entry and said Tang appeared to have been targeted, but motive and the shooter’s identity remained unknown. Detectives were examining whether the killing was connected to his recent prison stay, though no concrete link had been established. The case remained open and the LAPD asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone was in the Arleta neighborhood on November 23, 2017, or has information about visitors to that house that night, please share what is known with investigators.