Rosario Rosie Cruz was 18 when she was shot and killed on the evening of March 27, 2015, while visiting friends at the Friendly Village mobile home park in Lancaster, California. The shooting happened around 9:32 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Avenue I. She was not a resident of the park and was caught in the crossfire during a confrontation between groups of Hispanic men.

Paramedics transported Rosie to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigated, but few details have been released and no arrests have been made. The shooting prompted candlelight vigils and widespread mourning in the Lancaster community. The case remains open and unresolved.

If anyone was in the Friendly Village area that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward to help bring answers for Rosie and her family.