Thomas Johnson was 21 when he was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles on December 13, 2015. The coroner’s report places the beginning of the incident shortly before 2:30 a.m. at 550 South Flower Street, where a confrontation between two groups of men escalated; a man pulled a gun and fired several rounds in front of a hotel, striking multiple people. Johnson tried to flee through the hotel’s ground floor toward a back entry but was pursued and hit by additional shots. He was pronounced dead at 3:02 a.m.

Detectives described the shooter as a black man with black hair in cornrows, brown eyes, a black mustache, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a long black trench coat, black pants and black shoes. LAPD Central Homicide released surveillance footage and asked the public for help; anonymous tips were accepted through Crime Stoppers.

If anyone was in downtown Los Angeles near 550 South Flower Street around 2:30 a.m. on December 13, 2015, or has information about the suspect or the confrontation, please share what is known with Central Homicide or Crime Stoppers.