Carlos Ponce was a 14-year-old Latino male who was shot and killed on April 21, 2002, in South Park, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County coroner’s records list the cause of death as a gunshot wound; the shooting occurred on a Sunday and was documented by local authorities shortly afterward.

Investigators struggled to move the case to resolution. Community reluctance to come forward and a lack of concrete evidence made identifying or apprehending a suspect difficult. Law enforcement periodically revisited the investigation and there were sporadic updates, but no arrests were made and no suspects were officially named.

Carlos’s family and friends were left without closure as the case remained unsolved. Does anyone who lived in or near South Park in April 2002 remember anything that could help this investigation?