Samuel Anastacio Guzman, a 20-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on April 8, 2014, in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles. Coroner’s records place him in the front area of a house on the 300 block of East 107th Street at about 3:55 p.m. when an unidentified Latino male approached and shot him multiple times. The shooter fled on foot. Guzman was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 4:27 p.m.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division handled the investigation. Detective Sal LaBarbera said the shooting appeared to be gang-related; no motive details were released. There were no immediate arrests and detectives continued to seek leads. The community reacted with grief and frustration over ongoing gang violence, and the case was later listed among unsolved homicides in periodic Homicide Report mentions.

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact investigators or Crime Stoppers.