Frederick Andreas Castro, 23, was shot and killed on April 2, 2016, in the Florence-Firestone area of South Los Angeles. Coroner records place the shooting at about 5:32 p.m. while Castro and a friend stood near their cars. A white four-door car approached, someone inside fired two rounds, and Castro was struck once. The vehicle fled west on 59th Street, then turned north onto Hooper Avenue. Friends rushed him to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead at 5:38 p.m.

Investigators initially considered Castro a gang member, but later determined the shooting was gang-related while Castro himself was not affiliated. Witnesses reported two Latino occupants in the white car. Castro had just returned from work at American Transportation Systems and was speaking with a neighbor. He was the youngest of seven children, married to Yesenia Villegas, and father to three children; family and his manager described him as a devoted father and reliable employee.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is handling the case and asks anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information about the white car or the two occupants seen that evening?