Ricardo Hernandez, a 25-year-old Latino man, was shot multiple times while exiting a Boyle Heights liquor store on the night of May 3, 2014, and died at a hospital the next morning at 6:43 a.m. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled the cause of death homicide by gunshot wounds to the abdomen.

According to the LAPD Hollenbeck Division, an unknown assailant approached Hernandez and fired several shots without any apparent provocation or robbery; the shooter fled immediately. Detectives, including Jose Ramirez, reported there was no exchange between Hernandez and the shooter, and the investigation has been hampered by a lack of witnesses and concrete leads. The police urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers; no arrests have been announced and the case remains open.

Does anyone have information about that night or saw anything near the liquor store in Boyle Heights on May 3, 2014?