Tyrone Dent Jr. was 17 and from Los Angeles when he was shot near 600 S. Spring St. in Downtown Los Angeles on the evening of December 27, 2021. He was taken to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, who recorded his death as a homicide from a gunshot wound. Family and community members remembered him as a young man with a bright future.

Investigators reported challenges including few eyewitnesses willing to come forward and limited physical evidence at the scene. The case remains open and the community has held vigils and marches in Tyrone’s memory.

Anyone who knew Tyrone or has information about the shooting is asked to contact the LAPD.