Amador Vasquez, a 38-year-old Latino man from Los Angeles, was shot and killed on the night of April 13, 2026, in Koreatown. The shooting was reported about 8:40 p.m. near the intersection of Eighth Street and South Ardmore Avenue. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Olympic Division and Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded; Vasquez was found wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The county medical examiner identified him and ruled the death a homicide, noting multiple gunshot wounds. Another report places the location on a sidewalk, indicating the shooting occurred in public in a busy part of the city. Police said two men were seen leaving on electronic scooters after the shooting, but no detailed descriptions, motives, or arrests have been released and investigators have not publicly named any suspects.

Did anyone in Koreatown see or hear anything that night that might help investigators?