Bobby Terel Mitchell, 22, of Lancaster was shot and killed in the early morning hours of July 2, 2021. Deputies responding around 3:25 a.m. found him near 2742 W. Newgrove Street with gunshot wounds to his upper body; Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The original call to authorities reported a person with a knife and a possible stabbing assault, but deputies discovered Mitchell had been shot. There were no known witnesses to the shooting itself; attendees at an afterparty at a nearby residence may have heard the shots and a vehicle leaving, though no vehicle description was available. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with information to contact homicide detectives or Crime Stoppers.

If anyone was at the afterparty or saw activity near W. Newgrove Street that morning, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.