On April 21, 2023, at about 11:56 p.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators responded to a reported shooting in the 9400 block of Stephens Street, north of Whittier Boulevard, in Pico Rivera. Officers found 32-year-old Los Angeles resident German Alejandro Gomez Medina with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner later ruled the manner of death homicide.

Funeral services were held on May 6, 2023, at Funeraria del Angel Bell in Bell, California. Medina is survived by his mother, Maria Reyes Gomez. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or through lacrimestoppers.org.

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