Maria De La Rosa was a 22-year-old Latin singer from Northridge who was shot and killed in an ambush-style attack on November 22, 2025. The shooting occurred shortly after 1:25 a.m. on Bryant Street near Tampa Avenue while she sat in a parked car with two others; witnesses said men walked up, demanded money and opened fire. All three occupants were struck by multiple rounds. De La Rosa was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead; the two other victims were critically injured and survived.

Investigators and prosecutors allege the attackers approached the vehicle to rob the occupants before firing. The Los Angeles Police Department said the attack might be gang-related but that the precise motive remained under investigation. Prosecutors have charged three men — Francisco Otilio Gaytan and Benny Licon Gomez, both 27, and Eduardo Lopez, 21 — each with one count of murder and two counts of attempted second-degree robbery. Gaytan and Licon Gomez are in custody; Lopez is being sought on an active arrest warrant.

Her family and the music community have mourned her loss. Does anyone have information about that early-morning ambush on Bryant Street or saw activity in the area that night?