Demetrius Grant, 39, was shot and killed in Los Angeles on July 5, 2016. The shooting happened about 12:50 a.m. in the 1100 block of East 56th Street in the Central-Alameda neighborhood. Grant was standing in front of a home with three other people when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire. Grant was critically wounded, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead at 2:24 a.m. A woman in her late 20s and two men in their 30s were also injured but were expected to survive.

The LAPD investigated the shooting as likely related to a gang dispute and said it may have been retaliatory. Suspects were described as black men; the vehicle fled west on East 56th Street toward South Central Avenue. No arrests were immediately made and the investigation remained ongoing. If anyone has information that could help investigators, contact LAPD Newton Station homicide detectives or Crime Stoppers.