Raymond Lee Washington, credited as a founder of the Crips in Los Angeles, was killed in a drive-by shooting on August 9, 1979. He was 25 when gunfire struck him about 10:00 p.m. at the corner of East 64th Street and South San Pedro Street in South Central Los Angeles. He was taken to Morningside Hospital and died during emergency surgery.

Reports say Washington’s role in the Crips had diminished after a five-year robbery sentence, and he reportedly preferred fistfights to the firearm violence that later became common within the gang. No arrests or suspects have been identified and the investigation produced few leads, leaving the murder unsolved.

Does anyone have information about that August 1979 shooting or remembered the neighborhood at the time?