STAFF REPORTS 

Pomona – Eloisa Salas Lara, 37, a resident of Claremont, was found fatally shot in the early morning hours on Mon., June 16.

Pomona Police responded at approximately 2:55 a.m. to multiple 911 calls reporting gun shots heard in the area of the 700 block of San Francisco Avenue in Pomona. According to the police report, officers located the victim in the rear area of a carport, and found that she had been shot several times. The Los Angeles County Fire Department pronounced her dead at the scene.

Lara did not have any identification in her possession at the scene, and the Coroner’s office has confirmed her ID. Police detectives are now trying trace her activities on the evening of the shooting and determine possible suspects. One resident near the carport allegedly hear the shots, and cars speeding away from the area at the time of the incident.

Anyone with information regarding this homicide is urged to contact the Pomona Police Department’s Detective Bureau at (909) 620-2085. For anyone wishing to remain anonymous, please contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477, or “We-Tip” at (800) 782-7463.