On April 13, 2015, 34-year-old Herman Owens of Los Angeles was standing on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of East 52nd Street in the Central-Alameda neighborhood when an SUV drove up and someone inside began shooting at the group. Owens and two others were struck; Owens was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m. that day. A second victim, 19-year-old Patrick Keaton, also died, while the third person survived.

Family remembered Owens as a devoted father who enjoyed basketball and Air Jordan sneakers and had a sharp sense of humor friends said could have translated to stand-up comedy. The shooting shook a neighborhood described as not typically prone to such violence and left residents fearful about future attacks.

Police arrested 28-year-old Darron Williams on May 7, 2015, charging him with the murders of Owens and Keaton and saying they were not seeking additional suspects; a scheduling hearing was set for July 9, 2015. Does anyone who knew Herman or was in Central-Alameda that day have information that could help clarify what happened?