Josh Cain's interest in writing and reporting the news started as a kid growing up in Orange County, California. Man, 24, found shot to death on Panorama City sidewalk LASD stats show jumps in homicides, auto thefts from 2019
Slain LAPD officer came home to protect his communityĤ people charged in killing of off-duty LAPD officer “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish, and we could see where he was headed,” Drawhorn said.Ĭity News Service contributed to this story. He said the community was lamenting never getting to see what else Hussle would accomplish. He helped renovate a Mid-City roller rink and redeveloped the strip mall that housed his Marathon Clothing shop.Ĭradling one of his daughters on his hip, Anthony Drawhorn, a 54-year-old former Canadian Football League player, stood at the edge of the parking lot, near where mourners left hundreds of blue and gold candles, flowers and hats. He bought shoes for students, re-paved basketball courts and provided jobs and shelter for the homeless. “This parking lot, it was our block (where) we originally popped our trunk and started selling mixtapes out of the truck, really pursuing this music thing,” he said in the 2014 interview.Īfter growing up in the Crenshaw district, Hussle transformed himself from a Rollin’ 60s Crip to a rap musician and channeled his success into efforts to help other stay out of gangs. In an interview with Complex magazine, Hussle explained the significance of his Slauson Avenue store’s location to his life. Several who visited the memorial site on Monday said anyone who lives in the neighborhood has stories of seeing Hussle hanging out outside his store, greeting family and old friends and neighbors. The parking lot just in front of what he called his flagship store, where he also owned a barbershop and a fish restaurant, was the same location where he began his rise - Hussle got his start as a musician in the same parking lot where he was fatally wounded in a storm of bullets at that location Sunday afternoon. Music played, but the mood was somber - some cried as they left the circle of onlookers closest to a makeshift memorial of candles, flowers and balloons left on the asphalt. Many fans of the rapper and community members mourning his death crowded the location all that night and throughout the next day.Įven as the morning stretched into the afternoon, and police cruisers began shutting down a stretch of Slauson just in front of the parking lot, the size of the crowd hardly changed. The scene of the shooting had scarcely been quiet since Sunday afternoon. “Many of us will join together to stop whatever caused your and so many other tragic unnecessary killings.” “RIP sir,” Soboroff said in a second tweet. He said they were planning to “talk about ways he could help stop gang violence and help us help kids.” Hours after the news of the shooting, Soboroff said on Twitter that the meeting between him, Moore and Hussle had been scheduled for Monday. We’re looking to identify a vehicle.”Īn LAPD spokesman said more information about a possible suspect was not immediately available. “… We are pursuing a number of investigative leads.
We don’t think this was a sudden engagement,” Moore said. Moore, speaking to reporters Monday at the crime scene, said he believes the gunman and Hussle were acquainted, meaning the shooting was likely the result of a personal dispute.
One of the other victims was also taken to a hospital and was in stable condition on Monday. Hussle was taken to a local hospital, where he died. The man pulled out a gun and fired several shots before fleeing to a vehicle nearby.
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