Sean Deandra Smith, 53, was shot and killed on July 4, 2020 near the 600 block of East 81st Street in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner classified his death as a homicide; despite efforts to save him he succumbed to his injuries that Saturday.

Authorities described the case as a gun violence incident. Investigators opened a homicide probe but the circumstances and motive were not made clear in initial reports.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or remembers activity near East 81st Street in Florence around July 4, 2020, please come forward to the Los Angeles Police Department.