Reward supplied in killing of South LA father Juan Luis Marquez – NBC Los Angeles
A $10,000 reward was supplied Thursday within the dying of a person who was shot when he and his son checked on a automotive safety alarm outdoors his South Los Angeles house.
Juan Luis Marquez, 41, was shot and killed Oct. 16 by certainly one of 4 folks, described by authorities as juveniles, within the alley behind his household’s house within the 8000 block of South Hooper Avenue.
“He was a particularly laborious working man who offered for his household and was all the time there for them,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division Lt. Steve DeJong stated of the married father of 4 youngsters. “His homicide has devastated his household.”
The county’s board of supervisors is providing the reward for data within the killing.
Deputies responded to Marquez’s house at about 9:20 p.m. Oct. 16 and located the daddy and son affected by gunshot wounds within the alley. Marquez, who was shot within the higher physique, died on the scene. His son was hospitalized and handled for a gunshot wound to a leg.
The daddy and son went outdoors after listening to their automotive’s safety alarm. A month earlier, somebody tried to the steal the automotive parked within the alley, DeJong stated.
Marquez and his son encountered three juveniles within the alley, the LASD stated. Once they confronted them, a fourth juvenile shot Marquez and his son.
Detailed descriptions of the 4 people weren’t instantly obtainable. Investigators launched photographs of a crimson or burgundy KIA K5, a four-door sedan, sought in reference to the crime.
At a information convention Thursday announce the reward, DeJong requested for the general public’s assist in the investigation. He stated members of the family declined to look on digicam as a result of they concern for his or her security.
Anybody with details about the killing was requested to name sheriff’s murder bureau at 323-890-5500 or contact CrimeStoppers.
