Los Angeles police investigators announced a renewed $75,000 reward Wednesday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a 2008 shooting in South Los Angeles that left a young man and woman dead.
Three other people were wounded in the shooting on April 27, 2008, that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Jonathan Plascencia and 21-year-old Brenda Aguilera.
Plascencia and Aguilera were shot while sitting in a parked car near the intersection of 48th and Wall streets.
Officers responded about 10:45 p.m. to a shots fired call at that location and found three female victims suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
They found Plascencia and Aguilera after being directed to a parked car a short distance away, police said.
Aguilera was pronounced dead at the scene and Plascencia died a short time later at a hospital.
"Detectives believe that the shooter walked up to the car that Aguilera and Plascencia were seated in and shot both of them," according to an LAPD statement. "As the suspect was running from the scene, he began firing rounds at the three victims sitting nearby. Witnesses told police that the suspect, described only a male Hispanic, left the area in a green van."
Investigators held a news conference Wednesday to renew their push to solve the case, touting the $75,000 on offer by the City Council.
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"There is currently no new information which is one of the reasons that we are appealing to the public and reactivated the reward through the City Council in the hopes that we might generate new leads in the case," LAPD Detective Greg Sterns said.
Plascenia's sister pleaded for anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.
"My brother and Brenda were good people," she said. "Their lives mattered. They were loved, they still are. They deserve justice and our families deserve answers. Our hope is to finally know why this happened and who is responsible while we are still alive to see justice served."
Anyone with information about the killings was urged to call the Robbery-Homicide Unit detective handling the case at 213-486-6890. After-hours and weekend calls can be directed to (877) LAPD-24-7, and anonymous tips can be supplied by calling Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
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