Noah Jonathan Martinez, 25, was fatally shot on June 13, 2023, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 4:25 a.m. found Martinez on the sidewalk in the 3400 block of Emery Street with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been returning home from an overnight janitorial shift and had declined an offer of an Uber ride from his employer that night.

Martinez’s family described him as friendly and caring; they were grieving the recent loss of another son, Andrew, who died of cancer about a month earlier. The Los Angeles Police Department canvassed the area and reviewed security footage but made no immediate arrests, and the case remained unsolved as of December 2024. In July 2024 the Los Angeles City Council approved a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Anyone who was in the 3400 block of Emery Street or nearby on the morning of June 13, 2023, or who has information about this shooting, is asked to contact investigators to help bring Martinez’s family closure.