Edis Maldonado Bustillos, a 38-year-old Latino man, was fatally shot on August 15, 2015, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, according to Los Angeles County coroner records. His homicide was counted as the fourth murder in Hollywood since 2014 and occurred in a neighborhood described as struggling with gang violence, including activity by MS-13.

Investigators pursued the case as part of broader efforts to address gang-related violence in the area. Subsequent investigative work linked individuals associated with MS-13 to Bustillos’s killing; in 2017 a police operation resulted in the arrests of multiple MS-13 leaders, some of whom were connected to violent crimes including this murder. Community members expressed concern that arrests alone might not solve the neighborhood’s entrenched problems with gang violence.

If anyone knew Edis Maldonado Bustillos or has information about the shooting, please come forward to help clarify what happened.