Seventeen-year-old Jose Manuel Torres was shot and killed on October 13, 2010, near North Avalon Boulevard and East Q Street in Wilmington, Los Angeles. Coroner records state Torres was shot in the head at about 9:22 a.m. while standing on the sidewalk near Phineas Banning Senior High School. The school was put on lockdown for roughly an hour and a half; the lockdown was lifted around 11:30 a.m. after authorities determined there was no immediate threat to students.

Investigators treated the killing as possibly gang-related but not a drive-by. A black truck, possibly a Honda, was seen parked at the scene; witnesses reported two men in the truck who asked Torres a question before one of them shot him. The Los Angeles Police Department Harbor Division, under Lt. James Alvarez, searched for the suspects and vehicle, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers; can readers who knew Jose Manuel Torres or who recall that morning in Wilmington help provide leads?