Jose Asuncion Padilla, 65, was shot and killed after being confronted by three armed men at his restaurant, Mariscos La Playita, in Lynwood, California, on June 16, 2014. Padilla had just arrived from his other restaurant in Compton to close up for the night when the confrontation occurred around 12:37 a.m. Witnesses heard multiple gunshots; he was found with severe gunshot wounds and died after being taken to St. Francis Medical Center.

Surveillance footage captured the incident, but the three suspects remained unidentified and fled in an unknown vehicle. They were described only as three black men. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau was handling the investigation and the family offered a reward for information. Padilla left behind six children and eleven grandchildren; his family and the community mourned the owner of a restaurant that had been a local staple for 17 years.

Does anyone have information about that night or recall seeing activity near Mariscos La Playita around midnight on June 16, 2014?