Charles Taejun Kim, known in records as Charles Chris Tae Jun, was 17 and from Rancho Dominguez, California, when he was fatally shot on November 26, 2005. The Los Angeles County coroner’s records list the cause of death as a gunshot wound, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department led the investigation.

Details about the shooting in Rancho Dominguez are sparse. Investigators faced a lack of willing witnesses, and over the years there have been no significant public updates about arrests or identified suspects; the case remains unsolved. The lack of resolution has left family and community members without closure.

If anyone knew Charles, was in Rancho Dominguez around November 26, 2005, or has information that could help the Sheriff’s Department, please come forward.