On February 8, 2023, 19-year-old Keyon Hicks was shot and killed in South Los Angeles. Deputies from the Compton Sheriff’s Station initially responded around 8:22 a.m. to a report of a stolen white vehicle at a business on East Del Amo Boulevard near Wilmington Avenue and Alameda Street. Carson Sheriff’s Station later received reports of gunfire involving that stolen vehicle and another car, and a pursuit followed until the stolen vehicle crashed in the 7200 block of Avalon Boulevard near 72nd Street.

Los Angeles Police Department officers found Hicks inside the crashed vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another occupant of the car was injured and taken to a hospital in stable condition. The Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide. No arrests or suspects have been announced and the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.

Did anyone in the South Los Angeles area see the pursuit or the crash that morning?