Javier Gomes Gonsales, a 37-year-old Latino man, was fatally shot in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, on July 29, 2000. Coroner’s records list multiple gunshot wounds, and authorities treated the attack as a targeted killing rather than a random shooting.

The LAPD investigated, questioned several people over time, and appealed to the public for information, but no arrests have been announced and the case went cold. Family and community members expressed grief and called for justice after the killing.

Few concrete leads developed and the passage of time has complicated progress. If anyone has information about Javier Gonsales, where he was that night, or those responsible, please share what is known with the LAPD.