Roberto Alcazar Valencia, a 29-year-old Latino, was shot and killed on July 6, 2009, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots around 7:40 a.m.; when officers arrived they found Valencia with gunshot wounds to his chest and back. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene and the Los Angeles County coroner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division led the investigation, canvassing the neighborhood and interviewing witnesses. No immediate arrests were reported and the case remained unsolved for some time, although later developments included identification of potential suspects and leads that have not been widely publicized. Police asked anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in Boyle Heights that morning see or hear something that could help clarify what happened?