Adrian Dewayne Johnson, 23, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of September 27, 2019, in the yard of a home in the 100 block of North Ash Street in Inglewood, California. Officers responding to a reported shooting found Johnson with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 3:55 a.m. An autopsy determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest.

The Inglewood Police Department opened a homicide investigation that remained active for months. Detectives identified 38-year-old Lancelot Joshua Wilburn of Bellflower as the primary suspect; Wilburn was arrested by a task force on December 4, 2019, and charged with murder and related offenses. Authorities did not disclose a motive. Johnson’s mother, Kymecha Coleman, described him as a young man with beautiful dimples and a bright future.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Inglewood Police Department.