Elroy Milton Mays, 48, of Los Angeles was shot on April 20, 2014, and died of his wounds on June 20, 2014. The shooting happened near the 11500 block of South Wilmington Avenue in Watts. Coroner’s records say Mays was walking west on East 115th Street from South Wilmington Avenue when he encountered another man; an argument followed and that man pulled out a handgun and shot Mays in the upper body. Mays was taken to hospital and pronounced dead at 11:47 p.m. on June 20, 2014.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division handled the investigation. Detective Sal LaBarbera described the encounter as seemingly spontaneous and quickly escalating to violence.

Did anyone in the community know Elroy Mays or see the area around East 115th Street and South Wilmington Avenue on April 20, 2014?