Kaelyn Michael Tarin, a 19-year-old Latino, was found dead on January 17, 2016, in the 4700 block of North Figueroa Street in Highland Park, Los Angeles. According to coroner’s records he was discovered inside a tent at Sycamore Grove Park with multiple gunshot wounds. The LAPD responded to reports of a suspicious death around 12:12 p.m. and pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after noon.

Family described Tarin as a regular kid who had been dealing with a difficult living situation for years and said he was not affiliated with any gangs. The killing happened in a popular neighborhood park and follows another violent death in the area six months earlier, when a transient was found bludgeoned to death on a nearby bridge. Detectives from the Northeast Division have asked the public for information; no arrests have been announced and the motive remains unknown.

If anyone knew Kaelyn Michael Tarin or has information about what happened that day, please share what you know with investigators.