Ky Alicia Thomas, 28, was shot and killed on the Venice Beach boardwalk on the afternoon of December 1, 2020. She had gone to the boardwalk with her husband, her sister and her sister’s boyfriend, and after renting a scooter near Ocean Front Walk and 17th Avenue the group was confronted by several individuals. An argument broke out and shots were fired; Thomas was struck and later died at a nearby hospital. She left an 8-year-old daughter and an infant son.

The Los Angeles Police Department said the shooting was believed to be gang-related; Thomas’s mother strongly disputed that her daughter had any gang ties and described her as a devoted, caring mother. The investigation led to arrests of two men, Isiah Eugene Caldwell Jr. and Jonathan Michael Singh, who were charged in January 2022 with murder, attempted murder and conspiracy; Singh also faced a weapons charge and both pleaded not guilty. Caldwell was later tried, convicted of Thomas’s murder and sentenced to the maximum prison term; the post does not specify the outcome for Singh.

If anyone witnessed events on the Venice Beach boardwalk that evening or has information that could help fill gaps in the timeline, please come forward.