On the evening of Monday, September 29, 2025, 20-year-old Brandon Ajin-Reynoso was shot near 51st Street and Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles. Officers arrived about 8:40 p.m. after calls for help; Brandon was found gravely wounded, transported by ambulance and taken to a nearby hospital where he died. The Los Angeles County medical examiner recorded his name and age and listed the death as a gun homicide.

Detectives canvassed the area for security camera footage and witnesses but no suspect description has been released and no arrest was announced. Neighbors and family have been left with unanswered questions about motive and what they might remember from that stretch of busy street.

If anyone saw or has footage of activity around 51st and Vermont on the night of September 29, 2025, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.