(L.A.) Aaron Orozco Figueroa, 38, Uber Driver Shot Dead

Case Number: 2023-03236

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 38-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred in a parking lot.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Aaron Orozco Figueroa.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds of the Torso

RIP AARON OROZCO FIGUEROA (July 7, 1984 – March 24, 2023)

The decedent was a Marine Corps veteran and father of two who was shot dead while he was working for Uber.

According to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, on Friday, March 24, at approximately 1:33 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim in the 2800 block of Imperial Highway. It was in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Lywood.

Upon their arrival, deputies found the victim, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Orozco had picked up the two male passengers, and he stopped his vehicle in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven.

Orozco and the two suspects became involved in a physical fight, and one of the suspects pulled out a firearm and fatally shot the victim.

One of the passengers stole the vehicle, a black Honda Accord, which was found abandoned nearby. The other passenger fled the scene on foot.

The two male suspects are still wanted.

Orozco is survived by his wife, a 9-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005 and did three tours in Iraq, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser.

gofundme.com/f/beloved-husband-and-father-aaron-orozco

In a statement, an Uber spokesperson said, “Our hearts are with Mr. Orozco Figueroa’s family as they cope with this unfathomable tragedy, and we have reached out to offer our condolences.”

The spokesperson continued, “We banned the rider’s account and are working with police on their investigation.”