Billy Alfaro, 27

Aug. 5, 2008, 7:47 a.m.

Billy Alfaro, 27, a Latino man, was shot and killed at Eastern Avenue and Watcher Street in Bell Gardens Tuesday, Aug. 5. The L.A. County Coroner's office listed his time of death as 7:47 a.m. The homicide was reported by the coroner's office.

Detectives from the L.A. County Sheriff's homicide bureau are investigating the incident. Anyone with information about the shooting can call (323) 890-5500. Callers can remain anonymous.

- Ruben Vives/ Los Angeles Times

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For those that know anything plz i begg u that u plz come forward n say something... i dont know if you all feel what we feel but when u wake up one day waiting to see the person u love to come home so things can be the same as they used too it hurts...it hurts alot .. i wish that my brother was here with us its been 2 years and it hurts us more to know that they still dont have a clue of who could it be i hate the fact that his own friends can hold back who his murderer is cause i know that they know when u loose some1 the same way we lost him u will know how painful that is especially when his murderer is not a suspect it hurts me to see that his daughter comes to our home and stares at her dads picture telling us she misses him... we miss him very much but i know that tears wont ever bring him back .. when u loose some1 that way u loose them for good thats it the only way we get to see him is by a picture... we have a video tape u cant see him but in that tape all u can hear its his voice n its not enough

— emmeline alfaro Jan. 5, 2011 at 8:50 p.m.

my brother was a really nice person who would love to smile all the time he was allways himself and never cared about things that other people would say !!! the day that my brother died it hurt all of us we got a call early in the morning from his babys mom she told us that they found a body in bell gardens and that it might be his i would never forget that day my mom was at work and i was in my room that day my brother eric walked in my room crying he sat right next to me i asked him wat was wrong and he just told me "hes dead" i asked him who is? and he said billy is!! i ran outside and seen my dad punch the front of his car and my brother tony yelling at someone on the phone, and my mom walking towards us crying so hard!!! she walked right up to all of us and held us telling us to not let it be her son to please not let it be!! praying to god to let it all be a bad dream!!! when my family left to identify the body it turned out that was him!!! the person that did this to him will never know how much pain he caused us but his family soon in time will know! im not saying were going to do anything but wat goes around comes around!!!he knows who he is!!!! and thank god that we still have a part of him in this world and thats his daughter the older she gets she looks just like him her smile is nothing different than how he had his !!! and my little brother is just the way he is!!! and up to this day he still says that he will never let billy go neither will any of us !!!we all still have our moments when we sit down as a family and look at his pictures and smile and laugh at the things he did as a youngster !!! but when we look around hes not there with us any more!!!BILLY UP TO NOW WHEN I SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM I ALLWAYS STARE AT THE DOOR WISHING THAT YOU WOULD WALK THROUGH IT AND TELL US THAT YOUR HOME!! YOU WILL ALLWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU WILL NEVER BE REPLACED OR ERASED!!!='(!!!! i will allways keep your name alive !!!

~}R.II.P TR@VII3$O{~

— emmeline alfaro Nov. 16, 2010 at 11:23 a.m.