Mycah Dionne Thompson, 19, was fatally shot just after midnight on December 31, 2023, near a strip mall at Crenshaw Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue in Hawthorne, California. Responding officers found multiple people with gunshot wounds; Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene and four other victims were taken to hospitals, one in critical condition. No suspect descriptions or motive have been released.

Thompson, also known as Mycah Thompson-Blackwell, had recently moved from Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Abilene High School, worked at Wendy’s, and was remembered for a caring spirit and small pleasures like feeding ducks at Nelson Park. Funeral services were held January 20, 2024, in Abilene, with burial at Abilene City Cemetery.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating and no arrests have been announced; anyone with information is asked to contact investigators. Did anyone in the Abilene or Hawthorne communities know Mycah or see anything that could help?