Ramon Gerardo Vera, 25, was shot and killed in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, on April 19, 2014. Coroner’s records place the shooting at about 12:20 a.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Glenn Avenue; he was struck multiple times with a 12-gauge shotgun and pronounced dead at the scene at 12:40 a.m.

The Hollenbeck division of the LAPD handled the investigation. According to LAPD releases, an unknown assailant approached Vera in the parking lot and opened fire. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and detectives appealed to the public for information, including anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers.

Family and friends described Vera as a father, partner, and friend, and tributes appeared on social media and memorial sites. If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity in the 2900 block of Glenn Avenue around 12:20 a.m. on April 19, 2014, please come forward to Hollenbeck homicide detectives.