Jason Allen Alvarez was 29 when he was shot and killed on December 2, 2007, in Los Angeles’ Hollenbeck area. The shooting happened about 1:30 a.m. on Houston Street after Alvarez and a companion stopped at a street corner to speak with some Hispanic men or youths who were said to be engaged in underground business. One of those men attempted to rob Alvarez and his friend of their jewelry and shot Alvarez in the chest. He was taken to a hospital but died shortly afterward.

The motive reported in the investigation was robbery. The Los Angeles Police Department handled the case; public details about arrests or identified suspects are not clear. Does anyone who lived in that neighborhood or knew Jason have information about that night or the people involved?