On September 7, 2024, at about 1:20 a.m., 50-year-old Ralph Walker was found fatally shot on the 1000 block of South Grandee Avenue in Compton. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of gunfire and discovered Walker, a Lynwood resident, with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed his identity as Ralph Deon Walker and ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and the manner homicide.

No arrests have been announced and the Sheriff’s Department has not released information about suspects or a motive. A viewing for Ralph Deon Walker was held on September 25, 2024, at Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions in Gardena. Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything near South Grandee Avenue around 1:20 a.m. on September 7 that could help investigators?