On July 24, 2024, at about 3:45 a.m., deputies found 49-year-old Miguel Gonzalez Valencia unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a suspiciously parked vehicle near South Butler Avenue and East Bennett Street in Compton. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

No arrests or suspect descriptions have been released. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is investigating and asks anyone with information to call 323-890-5500 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Family, friends, and community members have held vigils and memorials while urging answers about the shooting.

If anyone knew Miguel or saw activity in that neighborhood around the early morning of July 24, please contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau with what you know.