Richard Daniel Aukschun was 44 when he was shot and killed on June 2, 2017, in the 15700 block of Saticoy Street in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. He had just started his first day on the job at an automotive repair shop when he confronted a 26-year-old man who was spray-painting graffiti on the shop’s side. The man left but returned about five minutes later armed; he chased Aukschun around the shop, cornered him in a storage closet and shot him point-blank. Officers found Aukschun bleeding from the upper torso; he was pronounced dead at 3:31 p.m. that day.

Soltero fled on foot but was later apprehended and charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon; he pleaded not guilty and had a preliminary hearing scheduled for September 5, 2017. Detectives from the Valley bureau led the investigation and asked anyone with information to contact authorities or Crime Stoppers.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember seeing activity near the shop that afternoon and haven’t spoken with investigators?