On September 9, 2023, at about 4:08 a.m., officers from the Pomona Police Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department found two people with gunshot wounds in the 1200 block of South Thomas Street. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The female was identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office as 30-year-old Pomona resident Erendira Montes Rocha; the male victim’s identity was not immediately released. The coroner determined the manner of death for both victims to be homicide by gunshot wounds.

Detectives from the Pomona Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit opened an extensive investigation. At the time of the report the motive was unknown, no suspect information had been released, and authorities described the incident as isolated and not a broader threat to the community. No arrests had been reported and detectives were asking anyone with information to contact the Pomona Police Department or Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Erendira Montes Rocha or has information about what happened that morning, please contact the Pomona Police Department or Crime Stoppers.