Joe Morales, 22, was shot and killed on October 22, 2015, at the intersection of West Lexington Avenue and South Park Avenue in Pomona, California. Coroner’s records show Morales was found alone behind the wheel of a silver Nissan in the middle of the intersection; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 3:32 p.m. The shooting occurred about 2:45 p.m. just outside Garey High School and Lexington Elementary School, and both schools were briefly locked down though no students were involved.

Pomona investigators describe the incident as a car-to-car confrontation investigators believe was gang-related. Morales, a documented gang member, was involved in a shootout with occupants of a stolen black BMW. Witnesses said both vehicles had multiple passengers firing, but police found Morales alone and no weapon in his car. The stolen BMW was later found two blocks away with bullet holes in the windshield and blood inside; occupants from both cars appear to have fled.

Shortly after the shooting, a man with an upper-body gunshot wound arrived at a Montclair hospital, fled when police arrived and carjacked a vehicle, and was later arrested at another Montclair hospital on suspicion of carjacking. Pomona investigators are examining whether that man was involved in the Pomona shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pomona Police Department detective bureau.

Does anyone have information about the vehicles or occupants seen in that area around dismissal time?