Moises David Castro, a 25-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on March 29, 2010, in the 2500 block of Michigan Avenue in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Police say the confrontation occurred in an alley at about 1:05 p.m., when three male suspects confronted Castro, an exchange of words followed, and one suspect produced a firearm and shot him in the upper body. Castro was taken to County USC Hospital and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Officers received information that the assailants were hiding in a nearby apartment and arrested three people shortly afterward. The suspects were identified as Jonathan Gutierrez, 20; David Contreras, 17; and Andrew Garcia, 16. All three were charged with one count of murder by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office; Gutierrez was held at North County Correctional Facility in Castaic and the two teenagers were placed in juvenile detention.

The shooting drew attention because multiple young people were involved and because it intensified concerns about violence in Boyle Heights. Few details are public about motive or what led to the confrontation; anyone with information about Castro or the events that day is asked to come forward.