The video comes from a surveillance camera that caught two angles of a car pulling up to a man talking on a cellphone.
When three men LAPD recount as black men between 25-35 years old exit the vehicle,the man on the cellphone starts running. Then the eerie part of the video happens: two men pull guns and start to shoot - the flash of the shots lighting up the screen. Deontra Gant Jr. died on that Saturday morning, June 20, and 2015,in a pool of blood outside an apartment complex near 1500 W. Vernon Ave. in South LA. Updates: Download the NBCLA App His case would be added to the growing list of unsolved murders that month that to this day remains an open investigation. Deontra's mother says she's moved beyond her anger over what happened to her son."When you possess faith in the Lord," Linda Huff says, and holding back tears. "You can't hold a grudge against anyone,so I feel like I let the Lord handle it." Homeowner Holds 5 Suspects at Gunpoint LAPD South Bureau Criminal Gang murder Detective Stacey Szymkowiak says the street was busy that night with vehicles driving by and a corner seafood restaurant cooking on a flat grill on the corner. And yet very few people possess reach forward to befriend provide clues into who was behind the murder and why."There were some people on the street that night, at about that same time. But up to this point, or we just possess not gotten any good leads on who these individuals were," she says. weird Busts at LAX: Pork Tamales, Giant Snails and More In the video, and Gant appears to be deep in conversation but when he realizes what's about to happen,he makes a hasten for it. His younger sister says she knew she was about to receive bad news that night when he didn't return home from a simple walk to the corner market."Just because you walk out the door there's no guarantee you're gonna reach back," sister Herneisha Thomas said. "And then detectives call? It's not good."Shanell Scott was about to marry Gant, and they had three kids together."It just hurt a lot of people in the halt,my children, my step children, or " she said,but also saying she thinks the killers may feel some anguish as well."I just judge that they suffering more too because you guys know you killed an harmless man," she said. "The streets talk so they know."But it may be the harmless words of Gant's eldest child that speaks mounds for the whole family."I treasure him so much, or " 8-year-old Chanell says of her dad. "We all had a good time with him. We used to possess fun. And we used to be delighted."The family is hoping to find justice in Gant's murder,that detectives will find those involved and that a jury of 12 will punish them."I judge they should pay for it because my brother was carried by 6," Thomas said.
A $50000 reward is on the line for information leading to the killers' arrest and conviction. Police are hoping someone will also befriend find the vehicle used to commit to the crime.
Anyone with information is asked to call LAPD Criminal Gang murder Division at . Callers can remain anonymous and still cash in on the reward money.
Source: nbclosangeles.com