DATE: Sunday, February 2, 2020
TIME: Approx 9:24 A.M.
LOCATION: Alondra Boulevard & Poinsettia Avenue, Compton
VICTIMS: Male Adult (deceased)
Male Adult (wounded)
SUSPECT(S): Unknown
UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Westphal
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau detectives are responding to the intersection of Alondra Boulevard & Poinsettia Avenue, Compton, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a male adult and the wounding of another male adult.
One victim was pronounced at the scene and the second victim was transported to a local hospital in an unknown condition.
The investigation is ongoing and there is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
Authored by:
Juanita Navarro-Suarez, Deputy
@LASDJuanita
Sheriff's Information Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Los Angeles California 90012
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