Supervisors Reestablish $20,000 Reward Offer in Investigation of 2022 Hawaiian Gardens Murder

40-year-old Carlos Alvarez-Diaz fatally shot while driving on Norwalk Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA – This week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn reestablishing a reward offer of $20,000 for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Carlos Alvarez-Diaz. Alvarez-Diaz was fatally shot on October 8, 2022, at approximately 1:09 a.m. while he drove north on Norwalk Boulevard at 226th Street, in the City of Hawaiian Gardens.

“Carlos was a working man with a family who suffered a sudden and unimaginable loss,” said Hahn. “They deserve answers. I hope that with this reward we can bring the criminals responsible for that loss to justice and give his loved ones some closure.”

Alvarez-Diaz sustained a gunshot wound to the upper torso and died from his injuries. He left behind a then one-month-old son. A 14-year-old was also struck by gunfire but survived. The shooting was believed to be random.

Anyone with information is urged to call Lieutenant Patricia Thomas of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5564, or the Los Angeles Regional Crimestoppers Hotline at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).