On October 27, 2024, at about 2:10 a.m., a shooting at a house party in the 3600 block of West El Segundo Boulevard in Hawthorne, California, left two men dead. An unidentified male entered the backyard where the gathering was taking place, opened fire, and then fled in an unknown direction. Emergency responders found both victims in the rear alley; Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics pronounced 30-year-old Joe Reyes Vasquez and 29-year-old Juan Lopez dead at the scene.

Joe Reyes Vasquez was born May 28, 1993, and is described as a son, brother, father and partner whose death has deeply affected his family and community. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is investigating; no suspect description or arrests have been released. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org.

If anyone at the party or nearby that night saw anything or has information about the shooter, please come forward.