Cecil Lenell Williams, 65, of Los Angeles, was fatally wounded in a shooting in Watts on August 18, 2026. Officers responded shortly before 1 p.m. near East 103rd Street and Grandee Avenue after a report of a shooting with a victim down. Two men were found suffering gunshot wounds and taken to a hospital; Williams was later identified among those victims and pronounced dead. Los Angeles County records list his death as a homicide by gunfire.

No firearm was recovered at the scene during the initial response, and police had not publicly identified motives or suspects. Reports differ about which preliminary wound description applied to Williams, so the exact number and location of his wounds cannot be reliably attributed to him.

Williams was scheduled to be buried September 30, 2026, at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Does anyone have information about the shooting near 103rd Street and Grandee Avenue on August 18, 2026?