Linzy Bugsy Pierson was shot and killed on the night of March 29, 2002, on a sidewalk at 4600 Hartley Street in San Diego. Officers who answered a shots-fired call found Pierson with multiple gunshot wounds; paramedics were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said Pierson had been talking with an unidentified Black male shortly before the shooting. According to those accounts, the man produced a gun, fired multiple rounds, and after Pierson fell stood over him and fired several more rounds before running away on foot. The motive and the shooter’s identity remain unknown.

The San Diego Police Department Homicide Unit lists this as an unsolved case and has asked the public for tips, with anonymity available through Crimestoppers. If anyone has information about that night or knew Linzy Bugsy Pierson, please come forward.