(L.A.) Jose Palacios Gonzalez, 42, Died at a Private Residence

Case Number: 2022-02550

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old Hispanic male at a private residence in Long Beach 90805.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Jose Palacios Gonzalez.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt Force Injuries

RIP JOSE PALACIOS GONZALEZ (July 28, 1979 – March 1, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 10:40 p.m.

The decedent and his three-year-old daughter Samantha Palacios were killed by a pickup truck that had crashed into their apartment building at 6620 Rose Avenue. They were residents of Unit 17. Investigators said they were inside Unit 18 at the time of the incident.

Jose was pronounced dead at the scene after being pinned under the truck for several hours. Samantha was taken to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries.

A $25,000 reward was jointly offered by the The City of Long Beach, with support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect in a hit-and-run crash. He had just left Bottoms Up Tavern in the 6600 block of Rose Avenue after having a few drinks. Security footage from the bar showed the driver getting in his truck and making a flailing left from Artesia Boulevard before crashing into the family’s building.

Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Octavio Montano. He was driving a 2014 Ram 1500 pickup northbound on Rose Avenue, near East Artesia Boulevard, at about 10 p.m. March 1 when the truck “left the roadway and collided with an apartment building, killing two of the occupants inside.”

Montano ran away from the scene following the collision. He is described as being 5-feet-8 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and unspecified tattoos on his right forearm.