Gabriel Vargas Jr. was 19 when he was shot and killed in Montebello, California, on June 12, 2015. Police responding to a noon report of shots fired found Vargas in the courtyard between two apartment buildings in the 500 block of Via Altamira. He had multiple gunshot wounds to the head, wrist, abdomen, and leg and was pronounced dead at 12:08 p.m.

Witnesses said Vargas had been with a small group of acquaintances just before a man approached and fired several shots before fleeing. Investigators recovered eight bullet casings at the scene; the suspect was only described as a male adult and there is no information about the direction he went or whether he left on foot or in a vehicle. No arrests or identified suspects have been announced and the motive remains unknown.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Montebello police detectives or Crime Stoppers with tips.