On August 6, 2023, at about 5:27 a.m., officers responding to reports of gunfire near Templeton Street and North Eastern Avenue in El Sereno found two men on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. Both 32-year-old Los Angeles resident Peter Pete Tarazon III and 31-year-old Hacienda Heights resident Robert Anthony Gonzalez were pronounced dead at the scene; the Medical Examiner later ruled both deaths homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds. Tarazon’s formal pronouncement of death was recorded at 5:50 a.m., and the Medical Examiner updated his given name from Peter to Pete on September 19, 2023. Witnesses reported shots coming from a car that sped away from the area.

Tarazon’s death prompted public expressions of grief from family and neighbors, an online obituary, and a GoFundMe set up to support his family. As of December 26, 2024, no arrests had been announced and the Los Angeles Police Department continued to investigate. If anyone has information that could help identify the person or people responsible, please contact the LAPD.