Robert Dehnoushi, 54, a music promoter and businessman known in the Iranian‑American community for promoting the singer Googoosh, was shot dead on August 15, 2024, in the parking lot of a strip mall in the 800 block of North Pacific Avenue in Glendale, California. He was found near his white Dodge pickup truck with a gunshot wound to the head. Witnesses said the assailant appeared to have been waiting for Dehnoushi and fled immediately after the shooting.

Glendale Police Department Homicide Detectives arrested two men on August 29, 2024: 44‑year‑old Jerry Baza Tolentino of Los Angeles and 43‑year‑old Arman Martinyan of Sylmar. Both were charged with one count of murder; Tolentino also faces a firearm possession charge tied to a 2007 carjacking conviction. Prosecutors allege the killing involved lying in wait, a special allegation that signals premeditation. Both suspects are being held without bail and were scheduled for arraignment on September 20, 2024. No public motive has been announced and authorities say the attack appeared targeted.

Did anyone in the Glendale area see unusual activity in that strip mall on the morning of August 15 or know anything that could help investigators?