Oswaldo Padilla Nunez was a 26-year-old Latino man who was fatally shot in Wilmington, Los Angeles, on June 17, 2001. Coroner’s records list multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death and the Los Angeles Police Department opened a homicide investigation immediately after the shooting.

Detectives interviewed witnesses and collected evidence, but investigators encountered reluctance from potential witnesses who feared retaliation. Several suspects were identified during the inquiry, yet no arrests were ever made and no one was formally charged. The case later went cold, though periodic reviews by cold case detectives have taken place.

Anyone who knew Oswaldo, was in the Wilmington neighborhood on June 17, 2001, or has information that could help is asked to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.