Eric Washington, 53, was fatally shot in Compton on May 9, 2025. Deputies responded about 11:08 p.m. to North Poinsettia Avenue near East Compton Boulevard and found Washington with a gunshot wound to the head; the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner’s office pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities have released no details about suspects or arrests and describe the circumstances as under investigation. Washington’s killing was one of two homicides in Compton that day; an earlier shooting that killed a 12-year-old at Fig/Oleander Park led to the arrest of a 17-year-old the next day, but no similar developments have been reported in Washington’s case.

Anyone with information about the shooting on North Poinsettia Avenue is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers. Does anyone have information or saw activity in that area that night?