Christopher Royal Gayle, 31, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds after a narcotics-related altercation on March 2, 2020, in Hollywood near the 1700 block of North Highland Avenue. The confrontation began during a planned drug transaction in a gas station parking lot and escalated when Gayle and another man, 28-year-old Harrison Vaughn of Texas, each drew firearms and exchanged gunfire. Gayle was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Two uninvolved bystanders driving past were also struck by gunfire; one suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach and the other a minor wound. Both drove themselves to a hospital. Los Angeles Police Department detectives recovered a firearm at the scene and Detective Herman Fretlohr of the West Bureau Homicide Unit led the investigation. Vaughn survived multiple gunshot wounds and was charged with murder.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about what happened that night is asked to come forward.