Lavell Deshon Gilchrist, a 36-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on January 5, 2021, near 888 S. Hope St. in Downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records list the cause as a gunshot wound; the shooting happened in the evening and Gilchrist died shortly after the incident.

Investigators treated the death as a targeted shooting. Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and seeing a suspect flee the scene, and the Los Angeles Police Department launched an active investigation that included interviews and review of surveillance footage. Several suspects were identified and arrests were announced, with one person charged with first-degree murder; police said the suspect had alleged gang affiliations and prosecutors described the shooting as premeditated.

Gilchrist’s family and friends attended court proceedings and joined community vigils. Who has information about that January 5 evening or about Lavell’s movements in downtown Los Angeles leading up to the shooting?