Full Notification

Who:         Captain Joe Mendoza, Detectives Julia Levenson and Theodor Baljet, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau; and family members of murder victim Christopher Perez.
 
What:       Homicide Bureau detectives and family members will ask for the public’s assistance in obtaining information that will lead to those responsible for the murder of Christopher Perez. On Friday, December 11, 2020, at approximately 11:20 p.m., Christopher Perez was shot and killed at Bassett Park, located on 510 North Vineland Ave. in La Puente.   
 
When:        Thursday, October 21, 2021
                   1:00 P.M.
          
Where:       Bassett Park
                   510 North Vineland Ave.
                   La Puente, CA 91746
                   
 
Media note:  Family members will speak in English and Spanish during the press conference and photographs of the victim will be on display.
 
The press conference will also be broadcast live via LASD social media on Sheriff Villanueva’s Instagram account:  https://www.instagram.com/lacosheriff/?hl=en
  
For questions or information, please contact the Sheriff's Information Bureau at 213-229-1850.
  
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Prepared by:
Alba Ibarra
Sheriff’s Information Bureau
211 West Temple Street,
Los Angeles, CA  90012
213-229-1850
 
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Alex Villanueva, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department