Barret Adin Slome, a 46-year-old attorney from Sherman Oaks, was shot and killed in a second-floor unit at the Laguna Lido condominiums in Laguna Beach on July 28, 2020. A resident reported hearing breaking glass and gunshots around 5:19 a.m.; officers found Slome with gunshot wounds and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. This was the city’s first homicide since August 2019.

Investigators say the complex is gated and evidence indicates the suspect was not invited onto the property, leading them to believe Slome was targeted. Some items in the unit were missing, but it was not clear whether those items were taken by the assailant or displaced during the event. Authorities have examined condominium camera footage and collected forensic evidence but had not identified a suspect.

Slome had survived a 2017 home invasion in which he was shot; that incident led to a conviction for unlawful possession of cannabis for sale and a 30-day suspension of his law license in May 2019. Police have not announced a motive. If anyone has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.