Felipe Villarreal, 43, was shot and killed in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 15, 2009. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office reports he was shot multiple times in the 3400 block of East 1st Street. Villarreal and a 57-year-old acquaintance, Rafael Padilla, had been drinking and playing pool at a local bar and left together around 2 a.m. to talk outside. About an hour later neighbors heard several gunshots and, when police arrived, both men were found on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the scene.

The LAPD opened a homicide investigation and considered robbery as a possible motive, but few details about suspects or arrests have been released and the case remains unsolved. The community and the victims’ families continue to seek answers. If anyone saw activity on East 1st Street that night or has information about either death, please contact the LAPD.