Mardoqueo Gamaliel Gomez Lopez, 21, was shot after a summer Sunday morning road-rage incident in San Pedro. He was working with a small landscaping crew along the 2500 block of Gaffey Street when a white sedan struck their parked work trailer. Witnesses described shouts, then two shots; as the men ran, a bullet struck Mardoqueoqueo Gamaliel Gomez Lopez in the chest. He was taken from the curb by ambulance but died at the hospital; the county medical examiner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound to the chest.

The shooting occurred on July 19, 2025, and the formal pronouncement came July 20, 2025. Family members remembered him as a soft-spoken striver who came from Guatemala at 17, working hospitality shifts and weekend gardening to build a life. Local reports in the days after the killing said a 52-year-old man was taken into custody and pleaded not guilty; police canvassed for witnesses and surveillance and urged anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone see the sedan or the moments around the crash on Gaffey that morning?