Lazaro Aranda was 26 when he was fatally shot in Pacoima, Los Angeles, on March 23, 2002. Coroner’s records list multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

The Los Angeles Police Department investigated the shooting, interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence. Reports note the investigation was hampered by a lack of cooperation from potential witnesses, and no arrests or suspects were publicly identified in the period described.

Aranda’s killing remains an example of a case where community reluctance to come forward complicated efforts to solve the crime. Does anyone have information about Lazaro Aranda or that neighborhood in 2002 that could help this case?