Jose Torres, 25, male, Hispanic, was found shot to death in the early hours of March 8, 2024, on a quiet stretch near Reseda Boulevard and Winford Drive in Tarzana, just outside a gated neighborhood by the Braemar Country Club. A security guard discovered him in the street with multiple gunshot wounds; LAPD West Valley officers responded around 12:30 a.m., and the county medical examiner later ruled the death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
An LAPD case listing places the incident at the 3500 block of Reseda Boulevard at 9:00 p.m., a timing discrepancy that appeared in early coverage as detectives canvassed the upscale area and nearby hiking trail for surveillance video and witnesses.
Authorities publicly confirmed that an arrest was made in the case, though initial public postings did not name a suspect or detail the motive. According to the victim’s family, the killer was someone Torres knew; they report that a suspect, Oscar Guerrero, 44, of Reseda, was arrested on May 14, 2024, and intends to plead guilty to first-degree murder, with sentencing set for November 6, 2025, at the Van Nuys Courthouse. As of the most recent open-source updates, police and media summaries had not released those particulars, but the LAPD’s homicide-victim page reflects that an arrest occurred as detectives continued to develop the case.
