Robbie Vivas, a 48-year-old Latino man and father born in Los Angeles County, was shot and killed on the night of April 30, 2026 in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles. Police responded about 11:10 p.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon at the intersection of Fifth and Crocker streets and found Vivas with a gunshot wound to the back. He was transported for emergency care but died that same night; the Los Angeles County coroner ruled the manner of death homicide and the cause a single gunshot wound.

The Los Angeles Police Department describes the case as an active homicide investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified, no arrests have been announced, and investigators have not released any information about a possible motive. Family and community members are left without answers after a sudden, violent loss.

Did anyone in the Skid Row area that night see or hear anything that could help investigators piece together what happened to Robbie Vivas?