Antoine Dominique Hunter, 24, of Compton was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on June 24, 2014, near North Poinsettia Avenue and East Palmer Street at about 9:51 p.m. Deputies tried to stop a gold sedan they said had been driven recklessly; the car briefly fled and then collided with another vehicle while turning onto North Poinsettia. Deputies say the sedan backed up, trapping one deputy between vehicles, and that they saw the driver and passenger reach toward their waistbands and center console. Two deputies fired a total of 19 rounds; Hunter died at the scene.

A loaded revolver was found under Hunter’s left arm near his waistband but had not been fired. The passenger was unarmed and taken to hospital; deputies involved had 9 and 14 years of service. Hunter’s mother described him as trying to turn his life around after a juvenile burglary conviction and said the shooting was unjustified; family and community members protested at the scene. The Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation and asked for witnesses or video.

Does anyone have information or eyewitness accounts from that intersection that night?