Bryan Jerome Bowen, 27, of Los Angeles was shot and killed during a home invasion in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood on the night of March 20–21, 2018. The incident occurred in the 300 block of West 101st Street. Two men entered the house around 11:50 p.m.; one intruder pointed a gun at a man on a couch and asked about a man with gold chains. Bowen then entered the room, and the gunman aimed at him. Bowen tried to wrestle the gun away and was shot. He was pronounced dead at 12:18 a.m. on March 21 at a nearby hospital.

Police identified the shooter as 19-year-old Chizem Cassell. After the shooting Cassell’s accomplice fled, while others in the home subdued and beat Cassell; he was briefly hospitalized before being booked on suspicion of murder. Investigators say Cassell had earlier approached a man in a parked car, pointed a gun and demanded money, then walked away when the man said he had none. Prosecutors charged Cassell with murder, attempted home invasion robbery, first-degree burglary, attempted robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon. An 18-year-old, Tavarious Gammage, was arrested April 18, 2018, and charged with murder and the related robbery and burglary counts. Prosecutors alleged the killing was committed for a gang during an attempted robbery and burglary.

Who in the neighborhood might have seen the two men before they entered the house or who has information about why they were targeting that block?