Miguel Santoyo Meza, a 39-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed just after midnight on August 12, 2025, in the 4900 block of Clara Street near Wilcox Avenue in Cudahy. Deputies responding to reports of gunfire found Meza shot; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Early reporting offered no explanation for why he was targeted.

By January 2026 detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were publicly asking for help identifying the suspects and the vehicle they were seen entering as they fled the scene, indicating investigators had at least some witness or visual lead tied to a getaway vehicle.

If anyone was near Clara Street around midnight on August 12, 2025, or recognizes the vehicle linked to this homicide, please share what you know with investigators.