On the evening of October 23, 2023, shots rang out near West Hammond Street and Morton Avenue in Pasadena, close to Robinson Recreation Park. Responding officers found 26-year-old Pasadena resident Cecilio Hernandez Ramirez Jr. unresponsive in a parking lot of a multi-unit apartment complex; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. A 17-year-old male from Altadena also arrived at the same hospital via private transport with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

The Pasadena Police Department’s Robbery/Homicide Unit opened an investigation. A community meeting on November 2, 2023, led by City Councilmember Justin Jones, drew residents’ concerns about safety at the Kings Village Apartments, including a lack of on-site security and surveillance. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pasadena Police at (626) 744-4241 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).

Did anyone in the area that evening see or hear anything that could help investigators?