Troy Lafayette Washington, 36, of Los Angeles, was fatally shot on May 31, 2017. He was sitting in a parked white sedan with two others on the north curb of West 56th Street in the Vermont-Slauson area around 4:50 p.m. when a dark-colored sedan drove by and someone in that vehicle opened fire, striking Washington. The driver of the white sedan then drove to South Hoover and West 57th Street and left the scene. Washington was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 5:15 p.m.; the coroner listed the cause as a gunshot wound to the left eye.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Division homicide squad investigated and asked the public for tips, offering anonymity through Crime Stoppers. Reports noted the shooting may have been a targeted attack, but no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon or the vehicles involved, please contact investigators.