On January 5, 2023, at about 7 p.m., officers from the South Gate Police Department responded to a welfare check in the 10000 block of Pinehurst Avenue, just west of Atlantic Avenue, and found 42-year-old Lorenzo Casas lying on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to his torso. The Los Angeles County Coroner identified Casas and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau has taken over the investigation.

Authorities reported no information available about suspects or suspect vehicles and encouraged anyone with information to contact the Homicide Bureau or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.

If anyone saw activity in the Pinehurst Avenue area around 7 p.m. on January 5, 2023, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.