Diamond Johnson, a 27-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Jan. 3, in the 1100 block of East 33rd Street in Historic South Central, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
Johnson was sitting on his front porch when someone walked up to him and shot him in the head, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office. Johnson was shot about 1:35 p.m. and taken to a hospital where he died at 2:14 p.m.
-- Anthony Pesce