Jose Alfredo Rincon, a 28-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on January 4, 2015, in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. while Rincon was using a pay phone at a gas station in the 9900 block of South Hoover Street. Los Angeles County coroner’s records list multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 7:53 p.m.

The Los Angeles Police Department reported the shooter’s position — on foot or in a vehicle — remained unclear. The LAPD Criminal Gang Homicide Division has sought public help and encouraged tips through Crime Stoppers, but investigators have reported limited progress and no arrests or identified suspects. Rincon’s family and the community continue to seek answers.

Did anyone in the Vermont Vista area see or hear anything that night that could help the investigation?