Edmond Jerome Woods, 44, was shot and killed in the early hours of August 16, 2015. The shooting occurred about 12:20 a.m. in the 700 block of West 82nd Street in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of Los Angeles. Coroner’s records state Woods was standing alone in the street when an unknown assailant approached and fired multiple times; he was pronounced dead at 12:50 a.m. at a nearby hospital.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division took the case and appealed for witnesses. It is unclear whether the shooter fled on foot or in a vehicle, and no arrests or identified suspects have been reported. Detectives asked anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers, with anonymity offered for tips.

Does anyone who lived in or near Vermont Knolls on August 16, 2015 remember seeing or hearing anything that could help identify the shooter?