Ricardo Cruz-Mendoza, a 43-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on January 31, 2017, in the 900 block of West 74th Street in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to coroner’s records, the shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. while Cruz-Mendoza and a companion, 24-year-old Fidel Campos, were walking in an alley. Residents reported hearing gunshots and both men were pronounced dead at the scene shortly after midnight on February 1, 2017.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division took over the investigation. No suspect descriptions were available immediately after the incident, and authorities asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.

Does anyone have information about that night or remember seeing Cruz-Mendoza or Campos in the Vermont Knolls area around January 31, 2017?