On March 24, 2024, at about 5:05 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a collision at Ninth Street and Stanford Avenue in the Fashion District. They found a vehicle that had crashed into a building; inside was 30-year-old Los Angeles resident Franze Bledsoe with a gunshot wound to the chest. Paramedics pronounced Bledsoe dead at the scene at 5:27 a.m. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner‑Coroner later ruled the manner of death homicide, cause gunshot wound to the chest.

The Central Bureau homicide unit is investigating. No arrests or suspect identifications have been reported, and investigators have urged anyone with information to contact the unit at 213-486-8700 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org.

Did anyone in the Fashion District see the crash or notice anything unusual in the early morning of March 24?