Maurice Forte, an 18-year-old resident of Los Angeles, was shot and killed on April 7, 2019. According to coroner’s records he was walking along the sidewalk near Imperial Highway and Slater Street in Watts at about 12:15 a.m. when an unknown individual approached and shot him at close range. A car waiting nearby then fled west on Imperial Highway. Maurice was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:34 a.m. The person who had been with him was not injured.

The Los Angeles Police Department led the investigation and asked the public for help identifying the shooter. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified; investigators have described a lack of witnesses and concrete leads. Maurice’s family and friends remembered him as a young man with a bright future.

Does anyone who was in the Watts area that night or who has relevant information about a vehicle fleeing west on Imperial Highway have details that could help investigators?