Joseph Esparza, 30

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Joseph Esparza, 30, a Latino man, was shot and killed at the intersection of Rose Hedge Drive and Gretna Avenue in the unincorporated area of Whittier at about 6:54 p.m. Saturday, May 31. Esparza was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.

‘No matter what, you’re in my heart. You leave behind a mother and child,’ Esparza’s cousin wrote on a carboard left at his memorial shrine.