Arnold Rubio, 38, was fatally shot in Compton on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department found him about 1:50 p.m. in the 1700 block of North Long Beach Boulevard, near East Tucker Street. Paramedics pronounced him dead at 2:04 p.m.; the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later confirmed his identity and ruled the manner of death homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is investigating and has asked anyone with information to come forward; anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or via lacrimestoppers.org. Friends and family remember Rubio as outgoing and funny and have left tributes on the National Gun Violence Memorial.

If anyone in the Compton area saw or heard anything around North Long Beach Boulevard near East Tucker Street on March 30, please share what you know with investigators.