On March 23, 2024, at about 5:40 p.m., 37-year-old Hernan Nieves II was found with a gunshot wound near Cornuta Avenue and Flora Vista Street in Bellflower, California. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and paramedics responded; Nieves was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner-Coroner listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the manner of death homicide.

Investigators have said the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department continues to probe the case. As of December 26, 2024, no arrests or suspects had been publicly identified.

Did anyone in Bellflower on March 23, 2024, see anything unusual near Cornuta Avenue and Flora Vista Street or have information that could help investigators?