Simon Macedonio Mendoza, 40, was shot and killed on March 22, 2014, in the 11300 block of Medina Court in El Monte, California. He was found in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso; Los Angeles County coroner records list his discovery at about 12:32 a.m. and his pronouncement dead at 12:46 a.m. A woman in the passenger seat survived the attack.

Authorities say an unknown assailant approached the vehicle on foot, fired several shots into the car, then fled. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau handled the investigation and asked the public for help through direct contact and anonymous Crime Stoppers tips. No arrests have been made and investigators report no significant breakthroughs; the case is described as unsolved and effectively cold.

Does anyone who was in El Monte that night or who remembers activity near Medina Court have information that could help move this case forward?