Mariana Franco, 23, was fatally shot on August 24, 2014, while riding in a car with her parents and two siblings en route to an early morning Mass. The family was ambushed around 5:50 a.m. in the 1400 block of Celis Street; both parents were injured and Mariana died at the scene. Her death was part of a one-hour shooting spree in the Pacoima–San Fernando area that morning.

Authorities later linked the attack on Mariana to a series of seemingly random shootings in the San Fernando Valley that began in March 2014 and included other victims killed or wounded while in cars or on the street. The spree claimed multiple lives and left several people injured, deepening the community’s shock and grief.

Does anyone have memories of Mariana or information about the morning of August 24, 2014 that could shed more light on what happened?