Christopher Turner, a 38-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Gardena, California, on January 6, 2025. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds; authorities pronounced him dead at 10:57 p.m. that Monday. Officers found Turner unconscious and suffering from gunshot wounds in the 14100 block of Purche Avenue. Paramedics transported him to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center where he later died despite resuscitation efforts.

Turner had a documented history of arrests in Los Angeles County, including a June 15, 2024, battery arrest in Gardena and earlier bookings on charges such as robbery, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, conspiracy, burglary, possession of burglar’s tools, receiving or concealing stolen property, and possession of a narcotic-controlled substance. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information about Turner, his movements that evening, or the incident on Purche Avenue, please come forward to help the investigation.