On October 6, 2023, at about 2:15 a.m., deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to reported gunfire in the 1500 block of West 105th Street, near Western Avenue, in an unincorporated area adjacent to Inglewood. They found 49-year-old Idrissa Simpson with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency treatment.

Six people who had been at the scene were detained for questioning as potential witnesses, and two vehicles matching witness descriptions were impounded for further examination.

Anyone with information about Simpson’s homicide is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or via lacrimestoppers.org. What information can readers share about that area or the events of that early morning?