Shawn Pryor, a 52-year-old Compton resident who worked in construction and left behind a wife and children, was shot and killed at the King’s Motel on West Imperial Highway in Inglewood on August 9, 2016. Officers responded shortly before 3 a.m. to reports of a shooting; Pryor was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead at 3:49 a.m. The Los Angeles County coroner listed the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

Friends and family gathered at the scene to console Pryor’s wife, who was believed to have witnessed the shooting. Detectives are treating the death as a homicide and have asked the public for information. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. A separate fatal shooting that day a few miles away is also under investigation; Pryor’s brother suggested the incidents might be connected but police have not confirmed any link.

If anyone has information about Shawn Pryor’s killing or saw activity near the King’s Motel that night, please come forward.