Phillip Gonzalez, 27

July 6, 2016

Phillip Gonzalez, a 27-year-old Latino, was killed Sunday, June 26, when he was shot near the corner of East Laurel Street and South Rose Avenue in Compton, according to authorities.

Gonzalez was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car with two other friends about 11 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Corina. The car was parked along the curb, and the three men were “just hanging out” in an area of commercial buildings and apartments, Corina said.

A Latino adult rode up to the car on a bicycle and started shooting through the open driver’s side window, Corina said.

Gonzalez, a resident of Compton, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:17 p.m., with multiple gunshot wounds, according to coroner’s records.

The two other men -- a 24-year-old Latino in the front passenger seat, and a 23-year-old Latino in the back seat -- were taken to a local hospital. Both are expected to survive, Corina said.

The gunman, believed to be a gang member, rode east on Laurel Street toward Rose Avenue on his bicycle.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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Jesus Guzman I am a friend of Phillip and knew him well he was a loving father and very close to his family . That's the Phillip I remember when we would spend time together he was very opened with me about his personal life and his family specially the love he had for all of his 5 kids . I knew him for many years and was very close to him. I remember all the time we would spend together he was such a goofy guy childish and loving person . He also always mentioned how close he was to his siblings . I would like to ask you Jesus Guzman what kind of ritual did you do? And when ? because he was always with his family and like I mentioned I have a good 14 years of knowing Phillip . We grow so closer the last month he would share everything and had plan a better future for his kids.

— Precious Feb. 9, 2017 at 3:53 p.m.

Anonymous 1,
Nice to see you are back! Actually if my son, husband or nephew that was shot as a total innocent in a car and left to die...I would be yelling it from the top of the City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles! I would be asking the LA Times to publish his picture to make him more real to the general public. I would be doing whatever I could and then some in order to catch the killer. I wouldn't be calling a paper or a news organization asking them to please stop. Like I said before the publication of issues and or items that effect the entire community is why papers and news organizations exists. No one person has the right to tell a news paper in the U.S. A. to not publish anything. Your rights to privacy and respect end where my begin.

— Janet July 12, 2016 at 11:33 a.m.

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Phillip Gonzalez, 27

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