The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the 2023 road rage killing of a food delivery driver in La Mirada.
The reward, requested by Supervisor Janice Hahn, is connected to the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Nestor Tlahuel Mendez. He was driving westbound on Rosecrans Avenue between Valley View Avenue and Marquardt Avenue near the border of La Mirada and Santa Fe Springs on March 29, 2023, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Mendez was shot once in the left shoulder by a person in another vehicle at about 9:13 p.m. He later died from his injuries. His 15-year-old cousin, who was riding with him, was not injured.
Investigators believe the shooting was motivated by road rage.
“Someone took Nestor’s life in a senseless act of road rage,” Hahn said in a statement. “His family will never be made whole again, but we must do everything we can to bring the person responsible to justice.”
The suspect vehicle was described as an older-model black sedan that was tracked by cameras leaving the area via Alondra Boulevard and Interstate 5 toward Firestone Boulevard.
“That individual is still out there,” Hahn said. “My hope is that this reward encourages anyone with information to come forward so the Sheriff’s Department can finally solve this crime.”
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact LASD Detective Christopher Dimmitt at 323-890-5545 or by email at cadimmit@lasd.org. Anonymous tips can be provided to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.