At about 2 a.m. on September 8, 2023, Hawthorne police responded to a residence in the 11900 block of South Van Ness Avenue and found 47-year-old Cesar Facio of Inglewood inside the home with gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced Facio dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department assisted Hawthorne police in the investigation.

Authorities reported no immediate information about suspects or a motive and asked anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers. A 2011 federal indictment named a 34-year-old Cesar Facio, known as Tamal, in alleged Lennox 13 gang activity; it is unclear whether that person is the same individual as the victim.

Does anyone have information about Cesar Facio, his last movements, or who might know what happened that night?