Dvanthony Williams, 22, was found fatally shot behind a business in South Los Angeles on the morning of Sunday, July 20, 2025. Officers were dispatched about 6 a.m. to the 8500 block of South Hoover Street, near 85th Street in the Vermont Knolls area, after a call reporting a burglary suspect; they discovered Williams with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner publicly identified him two days later and listed the manner of death as homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Initial dispatch reports noted only the burglary-suspect call and the discovery of Williams; no description of a shooter or motive was released and no arrests were announced in the coverage that week. One local outlet suggested the shooter may have been a store owner, but that detail was not confirmed by authorities. Williams’s name was added to local memorials and county listings while the investigation continued without a publicly named suspect.

If anyone has information about what happened near South Hoover and 85th Street that morning, please share it with investigators.