Christopher Burgin, a 31-year-old Black man, was shot dead on a South Los Angeles sidewalk on Friday, September 12, 2025. Police received reports of gunfire about 5:50 p.m. near Hoover Street and Gage Avenue; officers later found Burgin near Hoover and 68th Street, where he was pronounced dead that evening. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner listed the manner of death as homicide from a gunshot wound to the neck and recorded the case under number 2025-14563.

Investigators say an unidentified male suspect fled in an early-2000s silver Chevrolet four-door sedan. Witnesses indicated a .40-caliber handgun was used, and detectives had not determined a motive by the end of the night. No arrest was announced in the immediate aftermath.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the vehicle, or saw anything in the Hoover and 68th Street area that evening, please share what is known.