Efrain Murillo, 28, was shot and killed on February 8, 2016, while sitting in the driver’s seat of his car in the 800 block of Lewiston Street in Duarte, California. Coroner’s records say the shooting happened about 5:40 p.m.; a friend who was with him stepped out to retrieve something and an unknown assailant approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking Murillo in the torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:14 p.m.

Investigators consider the killing potentially gang-related because Murillo’s friend is believed to have gang affiliations, although Murillo himself was not involved in gangs. A car was seen leaving the area around the time of the shooting, but its role is unclear. The probe has been hampered by a lack of community cooperation; no arrests or significant breakthroughs have been announced.

Murillo grew up in Duarte; his girlfriend was five months pregnant at the time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers. Did anyone in the community see the car that left the scene or other suspicious activity that evening?