Kenneth Taylor, a 40-year-old black man, was shot and killed in the 1000 block of North Hickory Avenue in Compton about 6:20 a.m. Friday, March 21.
Deputies from the Compton sheriff's station responded to a call of a gunshot victim. Upon arrival, deputies found Taylor with multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene at 6:33 a.m.