Ruben Dominguez De La Cruz, a 38-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was shot in a Panorama City park late on the night of September 17, 2025. Officers were dispatched just before midnight to 8825 Kester Avenue, the grounds of Sepulveda Recreation Center, and found him between Rayen and Parthenia streets suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead early the next day; the coroner ruled the manner of death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.

Accounts from the scene placed the violence around 11:45 p.m. Witnesses reported an argument with another man before shots were fired, but investigators did not release a suspect description and no arrests had been announced by September 20. Detectives canvassed the area through the night and into the following day; the Valley Bureau Homicide unit asked anyone with information to come forward, including through L.A. Crime Stoppers.

If anyone was in or near Sepulveda Recreation Center that night or saw the argument, can you share what you know with investigators?