Reward offered in killing of LADWP employee
A $50,000 reward is being offered in the killing of a 30-year-old man who was shot while standing in a driveway in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood over the summer.
Akeem “AJ” Coburn was shot July 29 shortly after 10 p.m. by a person who walked up to him. Coburn tried to run and collapsed in the backyard of a home, police said at the time.
Coburn was a hands-on father to two young girls, ages 6 and 10, and worked as a linesman for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, according to his family. He was the type to help others. He volunteered with his cousin's youth football league. He'd help his family move boxes if they needed it. Shortly before his death, he volunteered to help his fiancee’s father paint his house.
At family gatherings, he was the first to arrive and was always on time, said …