Alberto Cruz, a 38-year-old Latino from Los Angeles, was shot and killed about 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, near Long Beach Boulevard and 68th Street in Long Beach. Cruz and another man, 21 and also from Los Angeles, were standing on the sidewalk and appeared about to enter a business when a gray sedan approached and at least one male occupant fired from the driver’s side, striking both men in the torso. Cruz died at a local hospital; the younger man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the two victims did not appear to know each other. The sedan fled down 68th Street and was later found abandoned. Anyone with information is asked to contact Long Beach homicide Dets. Malcolm Evans or Todd Johnson at (562) 570-7244, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 if preferring to remain anonymous.

Did anyone in the area that night see the gray sedan or the shooting near Long Beach Boulevard and 68th Street?