Dominic Ladon Gooden, 42, was shot and killed on July 28, 2020, in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County coroner’s records place the incident in the 1300 block of West 69th Street. Around 2:40 p.m. LAPD 77th Division officers responding to a shooting found Gooden next to a black Dodge Challenger; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

According to the investigation, Gooden was standing in the street talking with at least one other person when a light-colored sedan pulled up. Two people got out of that vehicle and opened fire; the shooters then fled in the same sedan. Motive is unclear. Detectives report no arrests and say the probe has been hampered by a lack of willing eyewitnesses and difficulty tracing the suspects’ car. Crime Stoppers is offering anonymity to anyone with information.

If anyone saw the shooting, the light-colored sedan before or after the attack, or knows anything that could identify the two shooters, please share what is known with investigators.