Vaiola Taufalele Vaipulu, a 60-year-old Tongan woman, was shot and killed at her Long Beach home on the 6700 block of Olive Avenue in the early morning of August 2, 2015. Her husband found her choking and called 911; responders pronounced her dead at the scene. A coroner’s exam later revealed a gunshot wound to the chest after an initially reported natural death, and the death was ruled a homicide.

Detectives linked surveillance footage of a vehicle to the crime and arrested 25-year-old Long Beach resident Patrick Fereti Mose on August 17, 2015. He was charged with murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, and firearm possession by a felon, and was held on $1 million bail pending arraignment. The motive has not been disclosed and detectives said the case does not appear to be random.

Anyone with information about the killing or who knew Vaiola is urged to contact the Long Beach Police Department.