Manuel David Corral Jr., a 36-year-old Latino man, was shot to death on November 12, 2018, at Koreatown Exotics, a marijuana dispensary at 447 S. Western Ave. in Los Angeles. The shooting was reported about 4:22 a.m.; officers found Corral and another man unconscious and not breathing in the dispensary’s waiting room and both were pronounced dead at the scene. Corral was working as a security guard at the dispensary at the time.

Two men in hooded sweatshirts and dark clothing entered and opened fire in the waiting room, which was separated from the main sales area by a locked door. A female employee and some customers escaped through a back door after hearing the shots. Detectives described the incident as a robbery attempt in which no products were taken, the murder weapon had not been recovered, and the LAPD West Bureau Homicide Unit asked anyone with information to contact them.

Koreatown Exotics was operating outside permitted hours under Los Angeles ordinances, which allow dispensaries to operate between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. A suspect identified as Deondrae Farmer was later arrested and charged in connection with the killings; police said the other victim was Lamont Leroy Farmer, the suspect’s brother.