Ronald Carter, described as a young Black man in his 20s, was shot and killed on March 29, 2009, in Compton, California. The shooting happened in the 1200 block of E. Rosecrans Avenue. He was one of three people who died in what authorities later called a robbery gone wrong.

Investigators later identified three suspects: Hector Prieto, Jose Prieto, and Jesse Robles. The trio were charged with three counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of second-degree robbery more than two months after the killings. At the time the murder charges were filed the men were already in custody on unrelated felony charges; they were held without bail and scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on March 15, 2011.

Can anyone with information about the incident or who knew Ronald Carter contact investigators or share what they know?