(L.A.) Lorenzo Villicana, 44, Died at a Freeway Underpass

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Case Number: 2008-07662

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 44-year-old Hispanic male that occurred at a freeway underpass.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Lorenzo Villicana.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Multiple Gunshot Wounds

RIP LORENZO VILLICANA (April 25, 1964 – November 2, 2008)

The decedent was one of five people mass-murdered by two gang members at a homeless encampment near a Long Beach freeway.

It was only in 2017 — nine years later — that David Cruz Ponce, 36, and Max Eliseo Rafael, 31, were found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2008 shooting deaths of Hamid Shraifat, 41, of Signal Hill; Vanessa Malaepule, 34, of Carson; and Frederick Neumeier, 53, Katherine Verdun, 24, and Lorenzo Villicana, 44, of Long Beach.