Cristian Gomez, a 31-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on April 5, 2017, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The coroner’s records place the shooting at about 11:20 a.m. while Gomez was walking east on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of Whittier Boulevard. A person in a four-door silver sedan stopped, exited, fired two shots — one striking Gomez in the face — and fled west on Whittier. Gomez was pronounced dead at 11:29 a.m. at the scene.

Police collected witness statements and reviewed surveillance footage from the area. That video was used to identify a suspect vehicle; on April 11, 2017 officers spotted Josue Loreto, 28, driving a silver sedan and pursued him to his apartment, where he was taken into custody. Loreto was charged with murder and with fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, and was scheduled for arraignment on May 17, 2017.

The shooting drew strong community attention in Boyle Heights and investigators asked anyone with additional information to come forward. Does anyone have details about the area or the silver sedan that could help this case?