Cesar Edgardo Romero Johnston, a 27-year-old Latino man, was fatally shot in Paramount, California, on January 23, 2003. The Los Angeles County coroner’s records list the death as a gunshot fatality; reports say the shooting occurred on a Thursday. Local law enforcement handled the investigation but initial accounts did not make clear the circumstances that led to the shooting, and no immediate arrests were reported.

Authorities worked to identify suspects and a motive, and the community in Paramount was left reeling from the loss. The case continued as investigators pursued evidence and leads, but the original reports contain few specifics about what happened that day.

Did anyone in the Paramount area around January 23, 2003, have information that could help clarify what happened to Cesar Romero Johnston?