LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Three months after a senseless murder, the family of a tourist who was shot and killed by a suspected sniper in a popular hiking trail in Highland Park is pleading for help in finding the gunman as they prepare for a heartbreaking holiday season.
Jason Cortez, 29, was murdered while hiking in Debs Park in northeast Los Angeles near Highland Park on Sep. 10.
Cortez, a photographer from Virginia, had traveled to L.A. to work on a project with a friend who lives in the city.
The shooting involved a single shot fired from a rifle by a suspect hiding in the bushes sitting about 75 to 100 feet away, according to authorities.
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