Dante Daniel Koger, 36, of Gardena, California, was fatally shot on the evening of July 30, 2017. He had been standing with a group in the parking lot of a liquor store at South Avalon Boulevard and East Compton Boulevard when a white SUV drove past about 8:55 p.m. and someone inside opened fire. Koger was struck in the head, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead at 11 p.m.; others at the scene were not injured.

Investigators were unable to determine whether the shooting was random or targeted, and no detailed description of the shooter was developed. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department asked the public for tips and offered anonymity through Crime Stoppers. Court records show Koger had prior convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and dissuading a witness, but detectives had no concrete evidence tying those past convictions to the killing.

The investigation remained open with no arrests announced. If anyone was in that parking lot or saw the white SUV that night, please share information with the Sheriff’s Department or Crime Stoppers.