In 2009, an informant told the LAPD that Perez had admitted to participating in the shooting. According to the informant, Perez said he was driving with three others in his green Honda Accord when they spotted a pickup truck. Inside, they thought they saw members of a gang called TMC, the informant said Perez told him. The night Rosalba was killed, some guys from MS-13 borrowed his Accord, Perez told Flores. Then the man sitting in the front passenger seat leaned out the window and fired into the pickup, Perez told detectives.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 20, 2026 03:33 UTC