Erica Flagg was 19 when she was found with a gunshot wound to the head in a residence on the 7000 block of Bonsallo Avenue in South Los Angeles on August 11, 2023. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a shooting report at about 9:35 p.m.; she was formally pronounced dead at 9:53 p.m. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office classified the death as a homicide. Erica was born January 7, 2004, and was later cremated.

Her family organized fundraising efforts after the death: a GoFundMe run by her uncle Celten Carmouche and another fundraiser titled Erica Flaggs Going Away managed by Ryan Culpepper for her father’s side of the family. There have been no public reports of arrests or identified suspects, and the LAPD has not released further details. The case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about what happened to Erica or was in the area that evening, please come forward.