DeShawn Allen, a 35-year-old Black woman, was shot to death inside a South Los Angeles home on Sunday, October 17, 2021. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call at 3:50 p.m. reporting an assault with a deadly weapon at a residence in the 8900 block of South Avalon Boulevard. Officers found a male suspect barricaded inside; a SWAT team managed a standoff that lasted nearly two hours before the suspect surrendered at 5:39 p.m. and was taken into custody.

After the residence was secured, officers found Allen’s body. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office reported she died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. The suspect has been arrested and the case is moving through the legal system.

If anyone has information about what happened at the 8900 block of South Avalon Boulevard that afternoon, please come forward.