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Mistaken identity. >> and what's been tough about solving that? >> witnesses. witnesses. >> no one's coming forward? >> no one's coming forward. >> did they think he was his brother? >> i think so. >> looks like they may have an informant. >> detectives are still looking for his killer. >> see if we can find -- >> reporter: detective fields needs an eyewitness or another gang member to identify ronald's killer. >> people aren't -- the community you talk to people and they say, look, people don't come forward and talk to police because they're scared of retaliation. is that a valid fear? >> sur...

And united states marine corps shaves their heads. and most of the thugs out here, most of the gangsters out here have shaved heads. unfortunately he's male hispanic in los angeles with a shaved head. and they thought he was a gang member. and there's no evidence to lead me to believe that he was. wrong place, wrong time, mistaken identity. >> and what's been tough about solving that? >> witnesses. witnesses. >> no one's coming forward? >> no one's coming forward. >> did they think he was his brother? >> i think so. >> looks like they may have a jailhouse informant. >> seven years later detect...

Have shaved heads. unfortunately he's male hispanic in los angeles with a shaved head. and they thought he was a gang member. and there's no evidence to lead me to believe that he was. wrong place, wrong time, mistaken identity. >> and what's been tough about solving that? >> witnesses. witnesses. >> no one's coming forward? >> no one's coming forward. >> did they think he was his brother? >> i think so. >> looks like they may have an informant. >> detectives are still looking for his killer. >> see if we can find -- >> reporter: detective fields needs an eyewitness or another gang member to i...

You see that same green honda take off. >> and no one's come forward with details about who was in the car? >> they have a lot of names and i think they're probably involved but i can't put them behind the wheel. i can't put them holding the gun. >> you need an eyewitness? >> i need an eyewitness. >> detective fields is convinced steven's friends know who shot him. his friends saw it? >> what i'm aware of, at least three, four of his friends saw it. none of them came forward. >> not a single one. >> not a single one. they saw. they know. i need someone to say, i saw who was in the car. i saw w...

>> it's not an easy case to solve. >> this veteran detective knows every game in the sprawling hole len beck neighborhood. what was the first thing you did? >> we look on the ground for casings and look in the air for cam ras. >> for cameras. >> there's cameras everywhere in the city. >> the camera was working and recorded this tape. >> it showed me a vehicle, a green honda drive up the street, a short time later turn around, you hear shots being fired and you see that same green honda take off. >> no one has come forward with any details about who was in the car? >> i've got a lot of names an...