Alejandro Deleon, 42, was fatally shot in East Los Angeles on August 4, 2024, at about 12:10 a.m. Deputies found him lying in the 500 block of North Rowan Avenue between two parked vehicles after a witness reported hearing several gunshots. The witness also saw two unidentified people fleeing southbound from the scene. Deleon was pronounced dead at the scene; the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

There have been no arrests. Authorities have not publicly identified suspects and continue to investigate; the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is asking anyone with information to call 323-890-5500 or submit an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org. Prior arrests for Deleon in 2017, 2019, and 2021 are reported in the case file but do not change that the killing remains unsolved.

If anyone saw activity on North Rowan Avenue around midnight on August 4 or knows who the two people seen leaving the scene might be, please contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.