Brandon Kittler, 35, was found fatally wounded on a Los Angeles sidewalk on April 26, 2024. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office ruled the death a homicide, listing the cause as a gunshot wound to the torso; the formal pronouncement came at 6:54 p.m.

Kittler had prior run-ins with the law. In March 2024 he was arrested by the Lomita Sheriff Substation on vandalism charges alleging $5,000 or more in damage. In 2011 he was arrested in Santa Monica with two others for attempted burglary after being seen trying to break into a guest house.

No public reports have identified or arrested a suspect in the homicide. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating and asks anyone with information to come forward — did anyone see or hear anything near the location on April 26?