On November 4, 2023, at about 2:00 p.m., 23-year-old Isaiah Lemon was fatally shot in an alley in Compton, California, south of McMillan Street and west of Lime Avenue. Responding officers found him with a gunshot wound to his upper body and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim, a 22-year-old man, was located further south in the same alley with an upper-body gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital with stable vital signs.

Preliminary information indicates both victims were on foot when an unknown assailant or assailants opened fire from a vehicle. No description of the suspects or the vehicle has been released and no arrests have been announced. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide detectives at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477. If anyone knew Isaiah or witnessed the shooting, can you share what you remember?