On the evening of March 29, 2023, at about 9:16 p.m., deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reported shooting in the 13900 block of Rosecrans Avenue in La Mirada, east of Marquardt Avenue. Responding officers found 30-year-old Nestor Tlahuel Méndez of Santa Fe Springs with a gunshot wound to the upper torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed his identity and ruled the manner of death homicide, with the cause listed as a gunshot wound to the torso.

Investigators opened a homicide investigation but, as of December 2024, no arrests have been reported and no suspect information has been disclosed. Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the LASD Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or via lacrimestoppers.org. If anyone in the community knew Nestor or saw activity around Rosecrans Avenue on March 29, can you share what you know?