On August 23, 2023, at about 3:09 a.m. deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to reports of a shooting in the 1000 block of Willowbrook Avenue, south of Rosecrans Avenue, in Compton. Officers found 40-year-old Juan Mulato on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:24 a.m. The LA County Medical Examiner identified Mulato and ruled the manner of death homicide, with the cause listed as a gunshot wound to the chest.

As of the latest available update, no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is asking anyone with information to call 323-890-5500, and anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or via lacrimestoppers.org. Community members have expressed concern about safety in the area following the killing.

Did anyone in Compton see or hear anything around Willowbrook and Rosecrans that night or have information that could help investigators?