A daytime shooting on a West Long Beach block left Jesse Stiles dead on June 14, 2025. Stiles, 43 and White/Caucasian, was found with a gunshot wound near 17th Street and Santa Fe Avenue around 11:30 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead the same day. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death homicide, listing a gunshot wound of the abdomen.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and gathered witness statements and evidence at the corner. Investigators identified a suspect quickly: on June 15, 2025, Orlando Joel Villarreal, 41, of Long Beach, was arrested in Carson and booked on suspicion of murder, held on $2,000,000 bail. Authorities said the motive remained under investigation as the case was prepared for filing consideration.

Anyone with information about Jesse Stiles, the shooting near 17th Street and Santa Fe Avenue on June 14, 2025, is asked to come forward.