Davion Deshoun Washington, 38, was fatally shot on the evening of August 27, 2015, in the Gramercy Park area of Los Angeles. He was standing with a group in the narrow courtyard of an apartment complex in the 2100 block of West Century Boulevard when two unidentified Black men approached and opened fire. Three people were struck; Washington was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and pronounced dead at 6:59 p.m. Two other men, ages 33 and 29, survived their injuries.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division handled the investigation. The shooters fled in a light-colored sedan heading east on West Century Boulevard. No arrests have been reported and the case remains unsolved; the LAPD asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers for anonymity.

Washington’s mother, Valerie Sherman, had already lost another son, Wayne Jamar, to a 2005 shooting in South Los Angeles and has said she wants to be more involved in efforts to fight violence. Does anyone who was in the Gramercy Park courtyard that evening or who saw a light-colored sedan on West Century Boulevard have information to share?