Investigators asked for the public’s help Thursday in the search for the person who shot and killed a 25-year-old man two years ago in Boyle Heights.
Noah Martinez was shot and killed June 13, 2023 on his way home from an overnight janitor shift. A $50,000 reward for information in the killing was offered in 2024, but no one has been arrested.
“This reward has been on the table since 2024,” LAPD Lt. Ryan Rabbett said during a Thursday news conference. “We do look to the community to come forward, someone to come forward and give our investigators at Central Bureau homicide some information that would lead to the identity to the person or persons responsible for this crime.”
The shooting was reported in the 3400 block of Emery Street, near Washington Boulevard and Grande Vista Avenue. Officers found Martinez, described by police as a high-functioning autistic man, dead at the scene.
Shell casings were scattered at the location.
Members of Martinez’s family spoke at the news conference and asked anyone with information to contact investigators.
“Whatever you saw that early morning, please come forward and share what you have,” said father Jonathan Martinez.
In a June 2023 interview after the shooting, Martinez’s father said the area was not part of his son’s usual route home from work. Family members said he might have been searching for recyclables, which he collected to make extra money.
“Noah had friends of all ages,” Jonathan Martinez said. “He loved dancing and making people laugh.”
Anyone with information was asked to call the LAPD’s Central Bureau Homicide Division at 213-996-4104.
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