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Shauntrell Darnell Matthews Jr., 21, of Gardena, California, was shot and killed during an evening candlelight vigil on May 19, 2018, in the Manchester Square neighborhood of Los Angeles. The vigil, held at a car wash and strip mall on Cimarron Street around 10:30 p.m., was in memory of a person who had died in federal prison of natural causes. A dark-colored sedan approached from Manchester Avenue and an unknown assailant fired multiple rounds into the crowd, striking Matthews and another man, 38-year-old Joseph Neal. Matthews was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:38 p.m.; Neal died the following morning at a hospital.

The Los Angeles Police Department has treated the shooting as gang-related, saying the group at the vigil may have been targeted because of a perceived association with a rival gang and that the vigil was reportedly for a gang member. No arrests have been announced and the shooter remains unidentified. The LAPD has asked anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers for anonymity.

Does anyone who was in the Manchester Square area that night or who knew Matthews or Neal have information that could help the investigation?