Jonathan Christopher Benitez, 22, of Rialto, California, was fatally shot in the head on May 11, 2017, while sitting in his car inside a gated affordable housing community. The shooting occurred about 4:50 a.m.; Benitez was found in the driver’s seat with a single gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was also robbed during the incident and had gone to the area to meet a friend when two unidentified black males approached his vehicle and opened fire, then fled in a white Toyota Camry.

A man identified as Benitez’s best friend, Franklin Wilson, known as Jay the barber, was at the scene and was questioned and briefly detained before being released; police later described him as a person of interest. Investigators reviewed surveillance footage and treated the case as a botched robbery, but no arrests have been reported and the case remains unsolved. Benitez is remembered by family and friends as a devoted father to a young daughter.

Anyone who knew Benitez, saw activity near the gated community that morning, or has information about the white Toyota Camry or the two men seen fleeing is urged to contact investigators.