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Luis Mendoza

Case from Hacienda-heights, CA dated Jul 03, 2021

Victim Details

Luis Mendoza

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Hacienda-heights

CA

2021-07-03

35

Luis

Mendoza

07/21/2026

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Luis Mendoza, a 35-year-old resident of La Puente, California, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2021, in a car-to-car shooting incident on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights. Mendoza was driving his white Chevrolet Avalanche with his two teenage sons, aged 13 and 16, when a gray compact vehicle pulled up alongside them in the carpool lane. Witnesses reported that a passenger in the gray vehicle extended a handgun out of the window and fired multiple shots at Mendoza's truck. The gunfire cause ...
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  • ABC7 Los Angeles: 60 Freeway crash: Father dies after being shot while driving pickup truck, 2 teen sons injured
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