A daytime shooting on Pickering Avenue in Whittier left Eduardo Munoz, 51, dead on July 24, 2025. Officers responded shortly after 11:00 a.m. to reports of gunfire near St. Mary of the Assumption Elementary School and found Munoz slumped over in the driver’s seat of a beige Saturn; he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including fatal head injuries, and was pronounced dead at the scene. His vehicle was still in drive when officers arrived and no other injuries were reported.

Investigators developed information tying the case to Munoz’s personal life and identified Jesus Hernandez, a La Habra resident who is the son of Munoz’s girlfriend, as the primary suspect. Hernandez was arrested on August 2; police recovered a firearm they said could be relevant but had not confirmed it was the weapon used. Hernandez was later charged with murder and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and pleaded not guilty at arraignment. The reporting reviewed does not establish whether the case has gone to trial or resulted in a conviction.

Did anyone in Whittier or Pico Rivera hear or see anything on the morning of July 24 that could help investigators or clarify what led to this killing?