A young singer with a growing following and a promising future became the latest victim of Los Angeles’ epidemic of gun violence after she was killed in what police describe as an “ambush-style” shooting in Northridge early Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2025.
Maria De La Rosa — known musically as DELAROSA — was just 22.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed her identity after announcing that three people were shot when two gunmen approached a parked vehicle on Bryant Street around 1:25 a.m. and opened fire. De La Rosa was rushed to a nearby hospital but did not survive. The two other victims remained in critical condition as of the weekend.
Police have not identified suspects, described a motive, or announced an arrest — a silence that hangs heavily over a grieving family and a tight-knit community of young creatives who considered De La Rosa’s rise something of their own.
A Rising Artist, Gone Overnight
Only weeks before her death, De La Rosa shared a playful Instagram teaser about new music she was “cocinando en el stu” — cooking up in the studio. Her final release, “No Me Llames”, dropped in August and hinted at a young artist finding her voice.
To her followers, she was on her way. To her family, she was already everything.
Since the news broke, messages honoring the late singer have flooded her page — some from fans, others from people who knew her long before she chose a stage name.
One of the most emotional tributes came from Devin Christiansen, who said he met De La Rosa nearly a decade ago when he was “at [his] lowest.” In a message shared on her Instagram Stories, he wrote that she recognized his potential before he did — and helped him find an agency that launched his own path.
“I couldn’t be thankful enough to have met her at a time when I was at my lowest,” he wrote.
On Saturday, he realized the shooting he heard about on the news was the one that took her life.
“God has received an angel,” he wrote to her mother, Deyanira. “No words can ever express this type of loss and pain.”
A Family in Mourning, A Community Left with Questions
Loved ones have been resharing condolences through the singer’s Instagram account, but her family has not yet spoken publicly beyond reposting messages from those grieving with them.
What remains is an all-too-familiar story in Los Angeles: a young life cut short, a family shattered, and a community demanding answers.
Gun violence has increasingly spread into residential pockets of the San Fernando Valley, where neighbors say late-night shootings — once rare — now feel unsettlingly routine. This latest killing is likely to intensify calls for accountability and urgency.
Police Asking for Leads
LAPD homicide investigators are urging anyone with information — witnesses, residents with doorbell camera footage, or community members who may have seen the suspects — to come forward.
Operations Valley Bureau Homicide Detectives Simonyan and Lopez can be reached at (818) 374-9550. Anonymous tips may be submitted to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
For now, a grieving family is left with memories of the young woman who sang about independence, ambition, and possibility — and a city is left reckoning with yet another killing that feels heartbreakingly senseless.
