Douglas Henry Wooley, 27

March 6, 2014

Douglas Henry Wooley, a 27-year-old black man, was shot and killed Thursday, March 6, near East 97th Street and South Main Street in Broadway-Manchester, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Wooley was walking north on Main Street about 10 a.m. and crossed at East 97th Street, said LAPD Det. Nathan Kouri. Wooley had gotten to the northwest corner when at least one person got out of a light-colored car and shot at Wooley multiple times.

The car then fled west on East 97th Street, Kouri said.

Wooley was pronounced dead at the hospital at 10:58 a.m., said Ed Winter, a coroner’s spokesman. An autopsy showed that Wooley died of a gunshot wound, Winter said.

The shooting was part of several in the area and has been attributed to a gang feud between Crips, Kouri said.

Joe Harris, 76, has a shop near where Wooley was killed. The shooting left a tire on Harris' Ford F-150 flat.

Harris said that Wooley was a familiar fixture in the neighborhood and would mostly walk around with his head down.

"Why would they shoot that guy," Harris said, "when that guy didn't bother anybody?"

Anyone with information can call the LAPD's Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (213) 485-4341. To leave an anonymous tip, call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

— Nicole Santa Cruz

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I miss him so much, we went to middle school together and the first semester of high school at locke high, we used to chill all day playing videogames and hanging out with my nephews and stuff, my nephews knew him and my mom knew him and we all liked him, he was more like a brother than just a friend. It has been years since we had talked and I barely just found his profile on Facebook last night and that's when someone was saying RIP and I couldn't believe it, I had to research it to find that it was true that he's gone, there was so much that I wanted to tell him. I have been trying to find him on Facebook for years, thinking he's doing great and living life and then when I do finally find him on Facebook to ask him how he's doing and I hear that he's been dead for four years. 😭😭😭 I WILL MISS YOU DOUGLAS, I LOVE YOU BRO ❤

— Rodney Armstrong Oct. 17, 2018 at 12:24 p.m.

I still deme that day, we said some words to each other that I will never forget, 😔You even try to scared me but I smile and said, hey duggy you trying to kill me. And we both smile, but as we said bye, and I was on my way to mind my own bussness. As I was driving I felt pain in my heart didn't know why, exactly but it was painful, then ty called me and I told him, that if he was fine he said yeah. But it wasn't, minutes passed by and I was coming back home when I seen a lot of stuff going on. The t.v was blowing up with things going on in the city. Then my dad told me. Look they killed someone down the street. I was in shock when I had left you and said to you go home, bro is too dangerous out here for you to be walking around like nothing, and you smile and said I know I'm going to idk who's house. And we said see you later and I never thought that it was going to be the last time I saw you. When ty told me about you, I hanged up and broke in to tears, uncontrolled of the tears to think that this had happend. One of the girls said to me what happened and when they found out. They cried till they got tire. And said why did this happened To him mom,... So I told them GOD NEED AN ANGEL TO WATCH OVER US, AND HE CALLED DUGGY BECAUSE HE ALWAYS TAKES GOOD PEOPLE TO WATCH OVER US. 🙏🏻❤️👼🏼 I know you my angel to my baby. And I def. know that you will always watch over us. I miss you and you are missed by my family. I love you, you are my brother in law. Rest well bro.

— Sis July 18, 2016 at 2:12 a.m.

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Douglas Henry Wooley, 27

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