Shawn Alvarez, 52, was fatally shot in the Lincoln Heights area of Los Angeles on November 29, 2023, at approximately 2:30 a.m. He was found on a sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds; the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner classified the death as a homicide. Alvarez was experiencing homelessness at the time and became the third homeless person killed in a series of shootings over four days in Los Angeles.

Authorities arrested 33-year-old felon Jerrid Joseph Powell on November 30 after a traffic stop in Beverly Hills. A handgun recovered from his vehicle was matched by ballistic testing to the shootings of the three homeless men. Powell has been charged with four counts of murder, including special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder during the commission of a robbery; if convicted, he faces life without the possibility of parole. The motive for the killings has not been determined and no connection between Powell and the victims has been identified.

Did anyone in Lincoln Heights or who knew Shawn see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened that night?