(L.A.) Juan Arteaga Diaz, 44, Died in the Desert

Case Number: 2025-13149

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 44-year-old Latino male that occurred in the desert.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Juan Arteaga Diaz.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds

RIP JUAN ARTEAGA DIAZ ( August 17, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday.

2025-13151  BEVERLY      CASSESE 65        DESERT  
2025-13150  NAZARIO      RAMIREZ 54        DESERT 
2025-13149     JUAN ARTEAGA DIAZ 44        DESERT  

The decedent was one of three victims shot dead in a vacant lot in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles, south of Lancaster.

LASD deputies responded at around 4:48 p.m. to 215th Street East and East Palmdale Boulevard regarding a report of gunshots.

The call was upgraded to multiple gunshot victims at the location and when deputies arrived at the scene, they found the three victims seated in two vehicles suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

News video from the scene showed a white sedan with bullet holes in the driver’s side window and a red SUV in front of a white trailer. All the vehicles were in a vacant lot strewn with tires near what appeared to be a storage lot for commercial trailers.