On the evening of June 9, 2023, 20-year-old Carlos Cruz was shot and killed in front of an apartment complex in the 200 block of East Newburgh Street in Azusa, California. The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Cruz was with a 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man when several suspects approached and opened fire; the two younger companions were also wounded. Cruz died at the scene.

Investigators have classified the attack as gang-related. The suspects fled on foot and no arrests or suspect descriptions have been released. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is assisting the Azusa Police Department; authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org.

Does anyone in Azusa remember seeing or hearing anything that night that could help the investigation?