Azzam Faheem Stallsworth, 31

Azzam Stallsworth, a 31-year-old black man, was shot and killed Wednesday, July 16, in the 12600 block of Prairie Avenue in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 12:50 a.m., Stallsworth was driving a gold sedan with his girlfriend in the passenger seat when they stopped in an alley near her home, according to authorities.

A dark-colored SUV pulled up slowly next to Stallsworth and his girlfriend and stopped, then a person inside shot at him, according to the sheriff’s department and prosecutors.

Stallsworth drove forward several feet before crashing into an iron gate. Stallsworth was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:38 p.m., said Ed Winter, a coroner’s spokesman. The woman was not injured.

Donte Bay McNeil, a 22-year-old black man, was arrested by the Hawthorne Police Department that day. McNeil, who is Stallsworth’s girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, was charged July 18 with one count of murder with an allegation of lying in wait and an allegation of discharging a firearm, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

McNeil pleaded not guilty, and is due back in court Aug. 20, according to the district attorney's office.

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.

-- Nicole Santa Cruz