Candido Salazar, a 43-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed on August 9, 2008, in Paramount, California. Around 4:30 p.m. Salazar and a neighbor, Jose Villa, were having a barbecue in the parking lot of their apartment complex in the 8000 block of Rose Street when two young Latino men approached and opened fire. Both Salazar and Villa were pronounced dead at the scene; a 2-year-old boy was also wounded and treated at a local hospital and was expected to survive.

Witnesses said the gunmen fled on foot and were later seen getting into a white sport utility vehicle. The motive remains unclear and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has not released further suspect descriptions. No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. Neighbors have left memorials at the site.

Did anyone in the area on August 9, 2008, see the shooting or the white SUV that left the scene?