$20,000 Reward for Information in Gang Shooting Death of Local 4-Year-Old Boy

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich offering a $20,000 reward in exchange for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the suspect or suspects responsible for the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Salvador Esparza in Altadena.

On July 5, 2016, according to witnesses, the shooting suspect chased a man onto a residential property in the 300 block of West Figueroa Drive and fired at him. The victim survived the attack but Esparza was also hit with a single gunshot to the head and was subsequently pronounced dead at the Huntington Memorial Hospital. The suspect fled south on Olive Avenue.

According to Sheriff’s Homicide detectives, the suspect is believed to be a gang member and the shooting is believed to be gang-related. Detectives do not believe that victim Esparza or his family were the intended target.

Supervisor Antonovich encourages anyone with information to contact Sergeant John O’Brien at (323) 574-0461 or Sergeant Domenick Recchia (323) 574-2851 with the LASD Homicide Bureau.