Alfonso Maldonado was 18 when he was shot and killed on November 10, 2014, in the Florence-Firestone area of California. Deputies from the Transit Policing Division found Maldonado with multiple gunshot wounds in the 9000 block of Holmes Avenue; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 10:54 p.m. that night.

Maldonado was finishing high school and would have been the first in his family to graduate. His mother, Dolores Perez, had already lost a daughter to illness nine years earlier; Maldonado’s death left the family devastated. Detectives said the motive was unclear and were investigating a possible gang-related connection, and authorities urged anyone with information to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers.

No arrests or suspects had been publicly identified and the case remained open as investigators sought leads. If anyone knew Alfonso, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please contact the investigators.