(L.A.) Jose Flores Velazquez Died on a Street
Case Number: 2019-06160
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a Hispanic male that occurred on a street.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Jose Flores Velazquez.
Born in L.A. County. Mother’s maiden name is Velazquez.
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Torso
RIP JOSE ANTONIO FLORES VELAZQUEZ (December 5, 1994 – August 14, 2019)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 7:16 p.m.
The decedent and his childhood friend Alfredo Carrera were victims of a drive-up shooting in the 1100 block of East 68th Street.
They were standing near a parked SUV at around 7 p.m. when a 2004 blue Nissan Maxima pulled up and a passenger opened fire.
Flores Velazquez died at the scene, and Carrera was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A 27-year-old man named Jonathan Charles Johnson was arrested two days later and is suspected of being the vehicle driver.
Flores Velasquez was a physics doctoral student at UC Irvine and had his sights set on a job at NASA. Carrera was about to become a first-time father.