Eddie Banks Jr., 42, was shot and killed in Boyle Heights on May 1, 2012, after an unknown assailant opened fire while he and his girlfriend stood on the sidewalk in the 1800 block of East 1st Street late on April 30, 2012. Both victims were taken to a hospital; Banks died a few hours later and his girlfriend survived and was released.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck division treated the shooting as gang-related and investigated, but identifying the shooter proved difficult. Investigators cited a lack of cooperating witnesses and the complications of gang-related violence, and the case saw limited progress with no significant arrests reported.

Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to contact Hollenbeck homicide detectives or use the anonymous tip line.