On the evening of January 26, 2025, 18-year-old Aliakbar Fayazi was fatally shot in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, near West 23rd Street and Hoover Street just south of the Santa Monica Freeway. He had just left a restaurant with his girlfriend and was seated in his vehicle when a man approached and shot him multiple times; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner confirmed cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and ruled the manner homicide.

Aliakbar was the only son of Wahid Fayazi, a producer and host within the local Iranian community. A fundraiser for his mother, Arezou Kamandi, noted Aliakbar’s aspirations to become a neurosurgeon and described him as sweet and intelligent. Witnesses described the suspect as a Hispanic male about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, roughly 170 pounds, wearing a black jacket and blue pants; he was seen fleeing in an Audi SUV with California plate 9MRB489. No arrests have been announced and the motive remains under investigation.

Did anyone in the University Park area see the Audi SUV or the suspect that evening?