On October 5, 2024, 29-year-old Terrance Teddy Patrick was fatally shot in the parking lot of St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California, while attending his 7-year-old son’s youth football game. The shooting happened about 8:20 a.m.; Patrick was seated in a car with a female companion when an unidentified assailant approached and fired multiple shots through the windshield, striking him three times. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead; the woman with him was unharmed.

Investigators say the vehicle Patrick was in had been reported stolen out of Lynwood, and no altercation was seen in the parking lot beforehand, so detectives are considering that he may have been followed to the location. No suspects have been arrested and the motive remains unclear. Patrick, known to family as Teddy, was a father of two; relatives describe him as fun-loving and devoted to his children. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Did anyone attend the game or see suspicious activity in the parking lot that morning?