Fernando Mendez Jr., 28, was shot dead in the early morning hours of July 18, 2017, in the parking lot of the Fantasy Castle gentlemen’s club at 2800 Walnut Avenue in Signal Hill, California. Mendez, a Long Beach resident, was celebrating a friend’s birthday when an unidentified male approached and fired multiple shots; Mendez died at the scene. Two women who were with him were also wounded and taken to hospital in stable condition.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau assisted the Signal Hill Police Department and later released photographs of two men believed to be connected to the killing, asking the public for help. No arrests have been reported and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone witnessed the shooting that night or recognizes the men shown by investigators, please contact the Homicide Bureau or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers.