Jose Villa, 36, was killed on August 9, 2008, in Paramount, California. He and a neighbor, Candido Salazar, were at a barbecue in the parking lot of their apartment complex on Rose Street around 4:30 p.m. when two young Latino men approached and opened fire, fatally wounding both men. Paramedics pronounced them dead at the scene. A 2-year-old boy was also injured and treated at a local hospital and was expected to survive.

Witnesses said the shooters first fled on foot and then left in a white sport utility vehicle, but authorities were unable to provide a detailed description of the suspects and no arrests were made. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department led the investigation, and neighbors placed crosses and candles at the site of the killings. The motive remains unclear.

If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon on Rose Street or recognizes the shooters or the vehicle, please come forward.