Amber LaFlora, 37, was shot to death just before dawn on July 18, 2025, in the parking lot of a strip mall at Inglewood Avenue and West 116th Street, outside the VIP Sports Bar. First responders found her near her car around 2 a.m.; she was pronounced dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide, listing a gunshot wound to the chest as the cause and noting blunt-force head trauma as another significant condition.

Investigators said the violence followed a dispute that began inside the bar and spilled into the parking lot during karaoke night. Early reports described an argument involving two women that continued at LaFlora’s vehicle; accounts differ on whether she was inside the car or had exited when the shooting began. Police canvassed the area for surveillance and witnesses and said detectives were seeking at least one suspect, with some reports identifying a female person of interest; no arrests had been announced and the shooter was still at large as of the weekend of July 19, 2025.

Family and community members mourned LaFlora as a devoted mother and organized a memorial fundraiser in her name. Anyone who witnessed the confrontation or has information about the killing is asked to come forward.