Donmaid Brooks, 26, was found shot to death on the morning of March 17, 2026, on a quiet stretch near 59th Street and Third Avenue in the Hyde Park area of South Los Angeles. Police were called at about 6:45 a.m. and discovered him with at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene in a neighborhood just south of Slauson Avenue and west of Van Ness Avenue. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner later confirmed his identity.

Authorities treated the death as a homicide from the outset, and as of the latest reports no arrest or suspect has been publicly named and the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone was in the Hyde Park area near 59th Street and Third Avenue that morning or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.