Tijuan Folks was 29 when he was shot and killed in Los Angeles on June 2, 2014. The shooting happened in the 100 block of West 98th Street in the Broadway‑Manchester area at about 9 a.m. Folks and a 19‑year‑old woman were sitting in a red sedan when a white or silver mid‑sized vehicle approached. The front passenger in that car fired several shots into Folks’ vehicle, striking him multiple times. The woman was not injured and Folks was pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy confirmed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division handled the investigation. No immediate arrests or suspects were identified and police asked anyone with information to contact investigators or Crime Stoppers. The case remains an open homicide investigation and a reminder of ongoing violence in the neighborhood.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knows anything about the vehicles or occupants involved, please contact the LAPD.