On October 2, 2024, at about 1:16 a.m., deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Walnut Station responded to reports of a shooting at the Motel 6 at 18970 Labin Court and South Nogales Street in Rowland Heights. Officers found 31-year-old Adrian Urquia Gile unresponsive in the motel courtyard with a gunshot wound to the upper torso; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner later identified Gile and classified the death as a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the head.

The Sheriff’s Department has not released information about suspects or a motive. The Homicide Bureau is investigating and is asking anyone with information to contact them at (323) 890-5500 or submit anonymous tips to LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). If anyone has information about Adrian’s death or was in the area that night, please come forward.