On May 28, 2024, at about 9:30 p.m., LAPD 77th Division officers responded to reports of a fight near 63rd Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles. During the altercation, 33-year-old Demetrius Sauls entered the apartment of a 22-year-old man who had been involved in the dispute. The resident shot Sauls, and Los Angeles Fire Department personnel pronounced Sauls dead in the building’s parking lot at 9:56 p.m.

Authorities have classified the incident as gang-related. The 22-year-old shooter was taken into custody at the scene, and the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Bureau is conducting an ongoing investigation into the circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the fight or has information about Sauls’s movements that evening, please share what you know with investigators.