On July 25, 2023, at about 8:24 p.m., Los Angeles Police officers found 37-year-old Waldemar Napoleon Lucero on the sidewalk near San Pedro and West 87th streets in South Los Angeles with multiple gunshot wounds. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel rendered aid but Lucero was pronounced dead at the scene; the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified him as Waldemar Napoleon Lucero, born October 13, 1985.

A homicide investigation is ongoing; no suspect descriptions or arrests have been released and the case remains unsolved. A memorial service was held August 19, 2023, at Fellowship Christian Community Church, followed by burial at Inglewood Park Cemetery.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near San Pedro and West 87th streets on the evening of July 25, 2023, or has information about Lucero’s death, please share what is known with investigators.