The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $20,000 reward to hopefully help solve the fatal shooting that killed a 27-year-old man during a Graduation ceremony in Compton.
It happened at the intersection of East Greenleaf Boulevard and South Mayo Avenue at about 7:45 p.m., near Compton College. Police believe that of the approximately 100 people at the party, six were hit by gunfire. Five of the victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The last victim, Robert Abdelkader III, died in backyard.
Abdelkader took care of the catering for the party, which took place at his mother’s house.
The Adkins family
“I said, ‘Oh my God,’ and I heard the kids running and screaming,” mother Inez Tootie Adkins said a few days after the shooting. “I came outside and saw my son lying dead in my own backyard.”
During a press conference announcing the reward, his family called for justice.
“Help me get a murderer off the streets,” Adkins said.
Witnesses told Abdelkader’s family that the suspects who crashed the party were two adult men, allegedly carrying weapons that looked like AR-15s.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to submit information anonymously, you can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the P3 Tips mobile app from Google Play or the Apple App Store, or visit the website at http://lacrimestoppers.org.
