Lamar Thompson, 25, was fatally shot on April 27, 2017, while a passenger in a tan sedan in an alley in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. A dark SUV approached the sedan head-on; a person exited the SUV and opened fire, fatally wounding Thompson. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the shooting. The driver of the sedan was not injured. The SUV fled south down the alley and exited onto West 30th Street.

The Los Angeles Police Department identified the suspect as a black man in his 40s and assigned the case to its Criminal Gang Homicide Division. Investigators have said the case remains unsolved, citing a lack of eyewitnesses and concrete evidence. The LAPD has been seeking information from the public to help identify and apprehend the shooter.

If anyone has information about what happened in that West Adams alley on April 27, 2017, please contact the LAPD Criminal Gang Homicide Division.