Francisco Penado Jr., a 44-year-old resident of Long Beach, was shot and killed in Compton on June 9, 2018. The episode began at an Arco station on South Santa Fe Avenue when Penado, driving a minivan with his girlfriend and another male, got into a heated argument. After leaving the station erratically, surveillance and witnesses show a white Honda Civic arriving and being struck repeatedly by Penado’s minivan, then fleeing with Penado in pursuit.

The chase continued onto South Santa Fe Avenue and ended when Penado’s minivan collided with another vehicle at a red light. Penado fled on foot, jumped a fence onto the Compton College campus and walked away. The white Honda later returned; its driver confronted Penado from inside the car and shot him behind a fence, killing him at the scene. Surveillance captured the earlier altercation and chase but not the shooting. Witness statements varied and the Honda driver remained at large.

No arrests have been announced and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department classified the case as a road rage homicide. If anyone saw the events at the Arco station, the subsequent chase, or the white Honda involved, please share what was seen to help identify the shooter.