Gabriel Medina Mora, 44, was shot and killed on February 9, 2017, in downtown Los Angeles. The shooting took place about 5:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Bay Street while Mora was sitting inside a light-colored Dodge Charger. After an argument with a man who occasionally worked for him at his produce business, the man — later identified as Eduardo Ortiz — fired a gun at Mora, who crashed the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:45 p.m. Ortiz fled and has not been apprehended.

Investigators noted a complicated relationship between Mora and Ortiz; Ortiz had previously been a full-time employee at Mora’s company, Custom Fresh Cuts Incorporated, before working as an independent contractor. Mora’s dependents filed a workers’ compensation claim arguing the death was work-related. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board concluded the death arose out of and in the course of employment and awarded death benefits after a petition for reconsideration was considered.

Anyone with information about Gabriel Mora, Eduardo Ortiz, or the 2000 block of Bay Street on February 9, 2017, is asked to come forward.