Juan Carlos Gomez, 32, of East Los Angeles was shot and killed on March 8, 2017. He was sitting in a parked car at Blanchard Street and Geraghty Avenue when he exchanged heated words with a passerby described as a younger-looking Latino. The man produced a gun and fired multiple rounds into Gomez’s car. Gomez tried to drive away but crashed into a retaining wall a few blocks away and was found on the sidewalk outside his vehicle with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital shortly after.

Investigators say Gomez had been talking to a young woman shortly before the shooting and believe he knew his assailant, but the motive remains unclear. No arrests have been announced and detectives report difficulty locating witnesses who can fill in what happened.

Did anyone in East Los Angeles see Gomez that evening or recognize the description of the younger-looking Latino who fired the shots?