Jose Luis Horta, 34, was shot and killed in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 20, 2014. Coroner records say he was walking his dog about 1:45 a.m. on South Figueroa Street when a brown van approached and a person inside fired multiple shots. Officers nearby heard the gunfire, found Horta on the sidewalk, and he was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:41 a.m.

A high-speed police chase followed. The van crashed into a pole near Los Angeles International Airport and three suspects were taken into custody at the scene: Eric Richard Sailor, 22; Daniel Alonzo Martinez, 20; and Julio Reyes Pena, 17. A firearm recovered from the van linked the occupants to the shooting. The three were charged on June 24, 2014, with murder and robbery; Martinez faced an additional unlawful firearm activity charge, Sailor was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, and Pena was charged as an adult.

The LAPD Criminal Gang Homicide Division handled the investigation and asked anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in the Vermont Square area see the van or the shooting that night?