Ignacio Romero, a 55-year-old Latino man, was fatally shot in East Los Angeles on November 3, 2024. Deputies arrived at the intersection of Dennison Street and Hicks Avenue at 12:25 a.m. and found Romero lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the head; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed his identity and ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head, classifying it a homicide.

No arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is investigating and has asked anyone with information to contact them or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers. Was Romero known in the neighborhood, or does anyone have information about activity around Dennison and Hicks that night?