Lynwood man shot to death near Compton Center campus

COMPTON—A man was shot to death yesterday near the campus of El Camino College Compton Center, authorities said.

The victim was identified by the county coroner’s office today as 20-year-old Lynwood resident Vincent Crawford, according to the Press-Telegram.

The shooting took place Thursday at about 5:40 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Artesia Boulevard, Compton Sheriff’s Station Lt. Hiroshi Yokoyama told the PT.

The former college is located in the 1100 block of East Artesia.

No arrests were made, nor was any suspect information immediately available. It is not yet known if the shooting was gang-related or if the victim or the suspect or suspects are Compton Center students.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Those who wish to remain completely anonymous can call the LASD’s anonymous crime tips hotline at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or Compton Sheriff’s Station’s anonymous crime tips hotline at 888-COMPTON (266-7866).

Detectives need help solving freeway shooting that left young mother dead

Marisol Aguayo, a 22-year-old Lynwood woman, was killed Nov. 26 during a car-to-car shooting on the 91 Freeway. Detectives are asking for help in identifying her murderer.

COMPTON—Authorities late last week released additional information regarding a Nov. 26 fatal car-to-car freeway shooting that has left a 2-year-old girl without a mother, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Homicide detectives are again asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the gunman who murdered 22-year-old Lynwood resident Marisol Aguayo the night after Thanksgiving.

Aguayo was a passenger riding in a vehicle heading west on the Gardena (91) Freeway at about 8 p.m. that night when someone in another vehicle that pulled alongside the driver’s side of the car between Wilmington Avenue and Avalon Boulevard opened fire, detectives told the Times.

We had previously reported, based on an earlier Times report, that Aguayo was driving. That Times report was based on information the Sheriff’s Department had provided at that time.

The bullets reportedly whizzed by the driver and struck Aguayo, who suffered  fatal gunshot wounds, detectives said.

The 22-year-old was pronounced dead at a nearby gas station where the driver of the vehicle she was riding in had stopped for help.

While authorities still lack a motive for the deadly car-to-car shooting, they did say that they have no evidence suggesting that anything unusual had happened prior to the incident, according to the Times.

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Detectives A. Ferguson and T. Anderson are hopeful that someone with information regarding the incident or who knows the identity of the gunman will come forward.

Anyone with information regarding the freeway shooting is urged to contact Ferguson or Anderson by calling the Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

Those who wish to remain completely anonymous can call the LASD’s anonymous crime tips hotline at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or Compton Sheriff’s Station’s anonymous crime tips hotline at 888-COMPTON (266-7866).

Arrest made hours after fatal stabbing

COMPTON—Mere hours after a woman was stabbed to death nine days ago on the city’s namesake boulevard, the suspect had been taken into custody, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Kamilah Dennis, 32, a transient, was arrested Saturday, Nov. 20, on suspicion of murdering  32-year-old Shamida Joyce Ward, of Compton, whom authorities reportedly say Dennis stabbed to death.

The murder took place at about 8:50 a.m. Nov. 20 in the 700 block of West Compton Boulevard, according to coroner’s records, the Times reported.

Ward was suffered multiple stab wounds, according to coroner’s records. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Bail for Dennis was set at $1 million, and as of Nov. 24, she was being held at Century Regional Detention Facility at Century Sheriff’s Station in nearby Lynwood.

CPT freeway shooting leaves woman dead

COMPTON—A woman was shot to death Friday night during a car-to-car shooting on a local freeway, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Guillermina Saldana said the shooting occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 26, on the Artesia (91) Freeway just off of Wilmington Avenue, according to the Times.

Authorities had not as of Saturday morning revealed the identity of the woman.  They said that after she was shot, she was able to continue driving her vehicle to a nearby gas station but died before she could be taken to a hospital.

Detectives told the Times that they had yet to pinpoint a motive and had no suspect information just before noon on Saturday. It was not known if the incident was gang-related.

Anyone with information regarding the freeway shooting is urged to contact investigators by calling 323-890-5500.

Those who wish to remain completely anonymous can call the LASD’s anonymous crime tips hotline at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or Compton Sheriff’s Station’s anonymous crime tips hotline at 888-COMPTON (266-7866).