Carlos Jimenez, 38, was shot and killed shortly after midnight on January 26, 2017, outside the boarding house where he lived in Artesia, California. He had just returned from work and was sharing a beer with a friend when witnesses reported hearing a car drive by and then gunfire. Jimenez was struck in the neck and pronounced dead at the scene at 12:25 a.m.; his friend suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and was treated at a hospital.

Investigators say neither victim showed signs of gang involvement and no clear motive has been established. Authorities have suggested mistaken identity as a possibility. Jimenez had recently moved to Artesia from Chiapas, Mexico, where he left a wife and children.

If anyone saw a car driving through that area around midnight on January 26, 2017, or has information about the shooting, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers.