Jose Tellez, 21, a Hispanic man from Cerritos, was killed during a mass shooting in the south parking area of Don Knabe Community Regional Park in the 19700 block of Bloomfield Avenue. The shooting happened just after 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Witnesses reported hearing a rapid volley of roughly twenty to twenty-five shots; deputies found evidence of a parking-lot attack and learned two gunshot victims had been rushed to a hospital. Jose Tellez was pronounced dead at the hospital and is commemorated on community and memorial pages.

Investigators said several vehicles had been parked together shortly before the barrage and that those vehicles fled moments after the shooting. A second victim identified in memorials and death records was 17-year-old Eliseo Cheo Sandoval Valverde. Detectives canvassed the area for cameras and witnesses, had not announced a motive in the hours after the attack, and said no arrests had been made; the suspects remained at large after fleeing in multiple vehicles.

If anyone was at Don Knabe Community Regional Park that early morning or remembers seeing vehicles leave the south lot, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau with any information.