Homicide Report > Daniel Smith, 20
Daniel Smith, 20
Died March 24, 2010 at 9:35 p.m.
Daniel Smith, a 20-year-old black man, was shot and killed Wednesday, March 24, at Raymond Avenue and 71st Street in Vermont-Slauson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Smith and a group of friends were walking north in the 7000 block of Raymond Avenue about 9 p.m. when a gray vehicle stopped in front of them, said LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman.
A man got out of the car, ran up to the group and fired several shots, she said.
Some people managed to flee, but Smith was shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooter got back in the car and drove off.
On the day of the shooting, Eisenman said the police, who were searching for the shooter, had no additional information about the assailant.
— My-Thuan Tran
- Neighborhood: Vermont-Slauson
- Age: 20
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Wednesday
- Agency: LAPD 77th
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Circumstance: Walk-up
- Crime scene: Public place
12 reader comments about Daniel Smith
MAY YOUR SOUL 4EVER BE IN GOOD SPIRITS MY YOUNG LOVED ONE T.I.P 71PANICCC
March 31, 2010 at 8:47 p.m.
r.i.p daniel to young to leave this world.. cant beleave it...i just seen you one week before god decided to take you from all of your love ones.. your are gone but will never be 4gotten ...my condolences go to your family!!!
April 5, 2010 at 10:04 a.m.
cant beleave these rumors..how can a girl have the heart to tell someone to kill just becouse of an arguement!!r.i.p daniel!!!always will be in our hearts!!!
April 15, 2010 at 3:25 p.m.
Mannn god had to take my cousin Thattss messed up i miss youu that 2 hour talk i hard with you 30 mintues before god took you changed my life i will never for get you you where my favorite cousin i love you and miss you you will alwayss be with me in my heart cousin see youu when i get in heaven toooo
Loveee your little cousin Kiera
May 10, 2010 at 1:17 p.m.
Daang , daniel i miss you so much . your death anni is coming up and i been going crazy because the day you where killed we was kiccking it i still remember what you had on some white shoes a white pro club and some red plaid shorts and we sat and talked for hours . and that was a night when everybody body was out and we was all out having fun . i just cant believe your gone and you left us like this . i love you so much nothing have been right since you left .nothing is the same you held everything together and now since your gone everything fell apart i still remember being with you like yesterday . man i dont have nobody no more but manman and when i say nobdy i mean like a male figure in my life . it was only you and man man but now its only him. i wish you was here to see him and t baby thats finna come. i cant believe your gone . this just messed up my whole mood im on the internet and seen your name pop up with your homicide report and i couldnt help but to drop a couple words . now this got me crying i love you & miss you soo much . byee :-*
Feb. 27, 2011 at 4:49 p.m.
Dammmmn I still wish u would,wake me up from this dream n u havent,so u tellin me this is true baby I miss u so much I cant stand tht Tanisha had it in her heart to take cuz yall got,into it well it hurt me so much cuz the same day u pass I was with u tht morning nd u tld me will not leave me again.....look what happen ppl r some haters cuz yo YG came bak in ur life on Jan.08,2010 n ive been there ever since March.24 2010 just me postin this im bout to start cryin cuz of all we been through no one will understand my love for,u u is my other half tht makes me smile lookin at u when im mad brightin up my days when they r dark man I just wish I could trun bak the hands of time to live again with my lover of crimes dammmmn I miss them days when I came over ur house on 71st yea we go way bak but any way u tld me to go in ur room cuz ppl was shootin,nd I didnt listen nd u looked bak n I was right by ur side I miss tht I really do I remember u,came to my house for the first time to meet my granny grandpa brothers n cuzen n compton we walkin to my house n we both almost fight sum nutty bars man......Tears
Happy 83Day if u was here we will be trunt for Nov.07,1989 she,go get hers baby....
Love always n for Ever
Ur YG TeeTee
Nov. 9, 2011 at 10:33 a.m.
— Ur YG ........... "my lover of crimes" ....
just what does that mean? he was a gangster who enjoyed committing crimes?
Nov. 9, 2011 at 2:27 p.m.
Ur YG
What??? You expect people to understand all that? wow Guess a gang banger would understand it though. What am i saying.
Nov. 10, 2011 at 5:43 a.m.
Yea, Ok i'll admit it, i'm a NAZI
Sept. 25, 2012 at 5:18 a.m.
Ha! An imposter is trying to sully my name.
The sentence they posted contains words, grammatical errors and a structure to it that I never use.
LA Times; check the e-mail that the person used. You will notice it isn't the one I always use.
Sept. 26, 2012 at 1:49 p.m.
— syscom3 (fake one)
Nice trolling fake syscom3. That doesn't even come close to his writing style.
Sept. 26, 2012 at 2:22 p.m.
hey cousin , i was jsut stopping bye to talk to you for a while . first off i miss you so much ! i just had a son and im so happy im blessed with a boy god brought you back to through my baby. i wish you was here to meet him and hold him , daniel my life havent been the same since you died everything is just all messed up i wish i had you here to talk to so i could tell you my problems and you could tell me what to do . i just wish i can see you one last time i try to picture me seeing you walk up 70th smiling with a wine blacc and mild . i makes me feel better when i go over there . i know your in a better place and i know your smiling down on me you would be proud of me if you where here . ive been going to school handling my buisness i been doing good i do it for you cause i know you was on me about it when you was here ! well cousin i love you ill see you when god calls me home to heaven with you may you REST IN PEST !
lovee Kiera
Oct. 22, 2012 at 12:08 a.m.
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