Pedro Martinez was 27 when he was killed on October 19, 2015, in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles. Martinez was standing near West 11th and Valencia streets when a person exited a black sedan, chased him about half a block and opened fire. He was struck and later pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after midnight. The shooter and any accomplices fled east toward the 110 Freeway in the four-door sedan.

Police connected Martinez’s killing to a crime spree in the area that included a robbery on the 2700 block of West 15th Street, where a woman in her 60s had a handgun pointed at her and was robbed of a small amount of cash and an ID, and an incident nearly an hour later in which two juveniles were shot at in the 1400 block of South Bonnie Brae but not injured. On October 21, 2015, three people were arrested: Kevin Barrera, 21; Debbie Lopez, 20; and Cristian Lopez, 24. Debbie and Cristian Lopez were booked on murder, conspiracy, second-degree robbery and two counts of attempted murder; Barrera was charged with second-degree robbery and two counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors indicated they would seek gang enhancements.

Anyone with information about Martinez, the vehicle, or the incidents that night is asked to come forward.