Hernando Queens, 41, of Hawthorne, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of October 15, 2025, on the 14100 block of Doty Avenue. Officers and paramedics arrived just after 2:15 a.m.; Queens was pronounced dead at the scene and a second person was wounded in the same burst of gunfire. Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau joined Hawthorne police at the cordoned-off residential street.

Investigators detained a suspect near the scene and prosecutors charged 28-year-old Mauricio Garcia with murder and attempted murder by the end of the week; he pleaded not guilty. Reporting on the charging documents said officers found Garcia in possession of a firearm when they arrived, and early accounts characterized the shooting as a dispute between neighbors rather than a random strike.

Detectives were collecting witness statements and ballistic evidence, and the wounded survivor’s account was expected to be important to establishing what happened in the moments before the shots. If anyone knew Hernando Queens, his movements that night, or witnessed the shooting on Doty Avenue, please share what can help the investigation.