Victoria Williams, a 31-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot on the evening of February 24, 2025, in the Westmont neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Deputies responded to reports of gunfire around 9:30 p.m. near Vermont and Manchester avenues and found Williams with a gunshot wound to the torso. She was taken to a nearby hospital by Los Angeles City Fire personnel and pronounced dead at 10:20 p.m. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide; the case is numbered 2025-03628.

Williams had been attending a candlelight vigil at that location for a different fatal shooting that occurred nearly 24 hours earlier. During this incident a man was also shot in the foot and treated. Witnesses reported the suspect fleeing the scene on foot, last seen behind the location. No arrests have been announced and the suspect remains at large. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Did anyone attend the vigil or see activity near Vermont and Manchester that night who can help investigators?