Ricardo Garcia Salazar, 37, was shot and killed on September 6, 2008, in Paramount, California. The shooting occurred about 1:48 a.m. while Salazar sat outside a home on Wilbarn Street with his 12-year-old son. A Latino man approached, addressed Salazar and then shot him multiple times. Salazar was struck in the upper torso and pronounced dead at the scene. His son suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg and was treated and released from a nearby hospital.

Investigators say the motive remains unknown. Detectives note the murder happened roughly two minutes from another deadly shooting about a month earlier in which Jose Villa and Candido Salazar were killed and a 2-year-old was wounded, but authorities have not confirmed a direct connection between the incidents. No arrests have been announced and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Bureau; callers can remain anonymous.

If anyone knew Ricardo, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could help investigators, please share what is known with the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.