Spurgeon McClendon III, 19, was killed in the early morning hours of February 25, 2007, while riding as a passenger in a car near the University of Southern California. Around 3:32 a.m. on the 1400 block of W. 28th Street, another vehicle began following them and then opened fire. McClendon was struck and later died at California Hospital.

Authorities say the attackers were strangers to McClendon and may have mistaken him for someone else. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division investigated the homicide and has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the suspects, but no arrests have been announced. McClendon worked at a Target in Carson and was active in a car club; family and friends remember him as friendly and ambitious.

Does anyone with information about that night or who knew Spurgeon have details that could help the investigation?