Joseph Bush Jr., 36, was shot and killed on November 17, 2014, in the 4600 block of South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles. The shooting happened about 7 p.m. while Bush was standing in front of a liquor store with a 27-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man. Two men approached and opened fire, striking all three people.

Bush was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 7:28 p.m.; the two others were wounded and expected to survive. Detectives from the Criminal Gang Homicide Division led the Los Angeles Police Department investigation. The shooters fled on foot and no arrests had been made at the time; the LAPD asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers for anonymity.

Does anyone have information about that evening or remember seeing suspicious activity near the liquor store on South Vermont Avenue?