Anthony Jackson, a 35-year-old Black man, was killed while watching Sunday Night Football with friends on the patio at The Greatest, a neighborhood bar in the 13700 block of South Inglewood Avenue in Hawthorne. Around 7 p.m. on October 12, 2025, gunfire erupted from a passing vehicle; a round struck Jackson in the head and he was pronounced dead at the scene as Hawthorne police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives responded.

Investigators described the attack as a likely drive-by shooting and collected witness statements and surveillance footage to determine motive and whether others were involved. Early witness accounts suggested a man who had been kicked out earlier after a dispute might have returned and opened fire, though Jackson was not involved in that altercation. Within days prosecutors filed a murder case: 43-year-old Lawndale resident Daniel Dennis was charged with one count of murder and pleaded not guilty according to court records.

The shooting occurred days before another fatal shooting in Hawthorne and prompted candlelight tributes and community concern; officials asked anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.