Los Angeles police investigators will announce a $75,000 reward Wednesday in a renewed push to solve a 2008 shooting in South Los Angeles that left a young man and woman dead.
Three other people wounded in the shooting on April 27, 2008, that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Jonathan Plascencia and 21-year-old Brenda Aguilera.
The two were shot in a parked car near the intersection of 48th and Wall streets.
Officers responded about 10:45 p.m. to a shots fired call at that location and found three female victims suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
They found Plascencia and Aguilera after being directed to a parked car a short distance away, police said.
Aguilera was pronounced dead at the scene and Plascencia died a short time later at a hospital.
“Detectives believe that the shooter walked up to the car that Aguilera and Plascencia were seated in and shot both of them,” according to an LAPD statement. “As the suspect was running from the scene, he began firing rounds at the three victims sitting nearby. Witnesses told police that the suspect, described only a male Hispanic, left the area in a green van.”
Although a $75,000 reward had previously been on offer, investigators are renewing their push to solve the case.
On Wednesday, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division Commanding Officer Captain Scot Williams will be joined by other detectives and the victims’ family members in an appeal to the public for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and conviction.
Anyone with information about the killings was urged to call the Robbery-Homicide Unit detective handling the case at 213-486-6890. After-hours and weekend calls can be directed to (877) LAPD-24-7, and anonymous tips can be supplied by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.