DeAnthony Wills, 28, of Perris, California, was shot and killed on October 8, 2017, in Compton. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 2600 block of Lantana Street while Wills was visiting friends and got into an argument with another man in the middle of the street. The other man, described as a black male in his 20s, produced a gun and began shooting. He then fled in a white sedan, driving east on Lantana Street and then north on Wadsworth Avenue.

Wills was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m.; the Los Angeles County coroner listed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death. Family and friends remembered him as a loving father, son, and brother, and an online fundraiser was organized to help his family with expenses. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau investigated and solicited tips through Crime Stoppers, but no arrests had been made and the suspect remained at large.

If anyone knew DeAnthony, witnessed the shooting, or has information about a white sedan seen leaving Lantana Street that evening, please share what you know.