Evan Richard Sims, a 58-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on the evening of December 8, 2020, near 343 W. Gage Ave. in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner recorded the death as a shooting; Sims died at the scene after being shot multiple times.

Police investigators canvassed the area, interviewed witnesses and reviewed surveillance footage as part of the inquiry. The shooting was described as a violent, targeted attack, and detectives pursued leads to identify the person or persons responsible. What questions remain is who specifically carried out the attack and what motive, if any, has been established.

If anyone who lived in or near Florence on December 8, 2020, saw something unusual that evening or has information about Evan Sims, please share what was observed with the Los Angeles Police Department.