Ray Frankie Chinchilla, 20, of Duarte, California, was fatally shot around 9 p.m. on March 18, 2017, on East Camino Real Street just east of California Avenue. He was walking with a male and female companion when two Black adult suspects confronted the group and opened fire, striking Chinchilla in the upper torso. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene; his companions escaped unharmed and called 911.

Investigators treating the case as a likely gang-related killing say Chinchilla may have been targeted because of gang involvement. The shooters fled in a gray Honda; otherwise no further description of the attackers or vehicle is available and no arrests have been announced. Friends and neighbors left flowers, candles and mementos at the scene, and those who knew him remembered him as kind and considerate and noted he left behind a young son.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau or L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers. Did anyone in Duarte see a gray Honda in the area that night or know more about the shooting?