Aaron Barron, a 21-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, Dec. 28 near West 111th Street and Inglewood Avenue in Lennox, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
About 11 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim and found Barron wounded, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Witnesses said that a gunman started shooting at a group of people hanging out in a parking lot. No one else was injured. Barron was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:27 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Correction: Barron was originally listed as a black man. We regret the error.