Keanta Lamont Christopher, 37, was shot and killed in Los Angeles shortly before 1 a.m. on August 25, 2018. The shooting took place in a parking lot near South Figueroa and West 113th streets in the Vermont Vista neighborhood while Christopher was with others. Two males wearing hooded sweatshirts approached and opened fire; they fled in a sedan. Christopher and another wounded man managed to get into a vehicle and drive to meet officers at South Figueroa and West 108th streets, but Christopher was unresponsive and pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. The other man survived his injuries.

LAPD investigators described the shooting as a targeted attack, but a motive was not established. Detectives appealed to the community for witnesses and information; no arrests had been announced. If anyone has information about the incident or the two men who fled in a sedan, please contact LAPD or submit an anonymous tip.