Carl Lewis was a 19-year-old rising basketball prospect from Compton who was killed on November 17, 2020. He had been attending prep school in Canada before the COVID-19 pandemic sent him home. On the day he died he was sitting in his car near Compton High School, waiting for food at a local hamburger stand, when an unknown assailant ambushed him and shot him multiple times; he died at the scene from gunshot wounds to his torso.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says surveillance cameras were present in the area but no arrests had been made and the gunman remained at large. Authorities characterize the shooting as gang-related but have not identified specific suspects. Lewis was the third teenage basketball player killed in Compton within four months, and coaches and teammates described him as talented and charismatic with NBA potential.

Anyone with information about the shooting or surveillance footage from November 17, 2020, near Compton High School is asked to come forward.