Daniel Svoboda, a 43-year-old security guard, was shot on December 23, 2006, at a nightclub on Manchester Avenue in Los Angeles after ejecting patrons just before closing. Two Latino men returned and opened fire, striking Svoboda in the abdomen; two other men — a Latino and a white man — were also wounded and later recovered. Svoboda endured months of complications from multiple gunshot wounds and died at UCLA–Westwood hospital on July 23, 2007.

LAPD investigators concluded the shooting was targeted and likely retaliatory for his actions as a security guard. The initial probe did not produce immediate arrests, and the shooters’ identities were not known. Detective Carlos Velasquez of the LAPD South Bureau pursued leads while the case remained open; law enforcement sought public tips and applied advanced forensic techniques but no arrests had been announced.

If anyone has information about the December 23, 2006 shooting or the men involved, please share what you know with the investigators handling the case.