Luis Enrique Acosta was 20 when he was found dead in Yakima, Washington, on December 13, 2019. Police responded at 1:39 a.m. to reports of shots fired in the 400 block of North 5th Avenue and recovered several shell casings, but no victim was located at that time. At 3:48 a.m. a pedestrian discovered Acosta’s body under a tree by the sidewalk; he was found unresponsive and face down with gunshot wounds to his torso.

The Yakima Police Department opened a homicide investigation and stated the shooting did not appear to be gang-related. A week after the discovery, investigators said no arrests had been made. The case remained unsolved as of June 2021, when the department included Acosta’s killing on an interactive map of cold cases to help generate new leads. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Luis Enrique Acosta, please come forward and contact investigators.