On December 15, 2024, at about 7:00 p.m., officers from the Pomona Police Department found 61-year-old Gregory Burke Estel inside his vehicle in the 600 block of East Lincoln Avenue, near Emerson Middle School. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner confirmed his identity and ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds, classifying it a homicide.

No motive or suspect information has been released and no arrests have been made. The Pomona Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating and has asked anyone with information to come forward. A memorial mass for Estel was held on December 20, 2024, and a GoFundMe was started to support his family, including his son Gregory Robert, a second-year pre-med student at Occidental College.

If anyone has information about what happened near East Lincoln Avenue on the evening of December 15, please share what you know with investigators.