On March 23, 2017, 43-year-old Julius Brown of Westmont was shot and killed during an ambush outside Eddie’s Jr. Market and Liquor in the 10800 block of South Western Avenue. Brown was standing outside a pickup truck speaking with three male friends when two men parked in an alley west of the store, approached the group and opened fire. The assailants shot both inside and outside the truck; Brown sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and was pronounced dead at 5:57 p.m.

Two others in the group were also killed: 23-year-old Jeremiah Andres Lewis, who died at the scene from multiple head wounds, and 68-year-old Charles Harris, who died the following day at a nearby hospital. A fourth man seated in the back of the truck was uninjured. Investigators described the shooters only as two black males and found no clear motive; none of the victims were known to have gang affiliations. The case remains unsolved.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.