Joshua Orozco, 35, a male Latino, was pronounced dead on September 2, 2025, after being shot near Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park while housed at a state reentry facility in the neighborhood. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified him by name and determined the manner of death to be homicide from multiple gunshot wounds; records list his date of birth as June 7, 1990, with the death recorded at a hospital after the shooting.
That morning, around 9:30 a.m., a man approached two residents outside the Male Community Reentry Program site at 6th Street and Park View and exchanged words before opening fire. One resident, described as a 56-year-old man, survived and was hospitalized in stable condition; the other was Joshua Orozco, 35, male, who was mortally wounded. The gunman fled on foot, leaving the sidewalk scene steps from MacArthur Park scattered with evidence markers as investigators converged on the CDCR-sponsored transitional facility.
Authorities later confirmed that Joshua Orozco died from a gunshot wound to the head, with the official pronouncement made on Tuesday, September 2, and the case logged under county records. He had been nearing the end of his sentence at the community facility, part of a state program that places incarcerated people in supervised housing as they transition back into society.
Detectives released a basic description of the assailant only as a male suspect and did not announce any arrests in the immediate aftermath. Subsequent reporting, citing a law-enforcement source not authorized to speak publicly, said Joshua Orozco had been linked by officials to a group known as the Two-Fivers, a status that can make former affiliates targets for rival prison and street gangs; police did not publicly confirm that detail, and the investigation remained open with no named suspect.
In the days after the killing, memorial pages noted that Joshua Orozco was lost to gun violence in Los Angeles on September 2, 2025, and community trackers recorded the incident at the reentry facility address near 2307 West 6th Street. Official databases and local obituaries echoed the timeline as the case joined the county’s growing ledger of homicides for 2025, still lacking a publicly announced arrest or detailed suspect description beyond the initial account.
