Darnell Jackson, a 22-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Feb. 7, at 23rd and Cimarron streets in Jefferson Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office, said Jackson was approached by an unknown number of suspects and shot in the back of the head about 4:30 a.m.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5 a.m.
-- Anthony Pesce