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Luis Adolfo Chales, a 34-year-old Latino house painter who rented a room in the Mid-City neighborhood, was fatally shot while riding his bicycle on September 6, 2016, in the 4500 block of West 16th Place in Los Angeles. The coroner’s records and police timeline place the attack at about 4 a.m.; residents reported hearing gunshots around 4:06 a.m., and Chales was found in the street on his bicycle and pronounced dead at the scene at 4:22 a.m.

Police say the shots came from a black sedan that sped away; a residential video camera captured an image of that vehicle, which investigators have treated as a key piece of evidence. Detectives with the LAPD West Bureau have said Chales had no gang affiliation. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved as investigators urge witnesses to come forward and Crime Stoppers to be used by those who wish to stay anonymous.

If anyone in Mid-City that morning saw the black sedan or has other information about this shooting, please share what is known with the LAPD West Bureau or Crime Stoppers.