Homicide Report > Jamel Kelly, 25
Jamel Kelly, 25
Died July 3, 2009 at 1:13 p.m.
Jamel Kelly, a 25-year-old black man, was shot several times and died July 3 in the 2700 block of North Wilmington Avenue in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
Kelly was attempting to rob a Compton barbershop with two other people when two armed barbers shot at him, said Lt. Brian Elias, a spokesman for the coroner's office.
The two other men involved in the attempted robbery fled the scene, but one of them appeared to be injured because police found a trail of blood leading away from the shop, said Deputy Guillermina Saldana.
Coroner's investigators said the shooting happened about 1 p.m., and Kelly was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:13 p.m.
— Carol J. Williams and Anthony Pesce
Dispatch: "I thought to myself: 'I can't let these dudes take me out'"
- Neighborhood: Compton
- Age: 25
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Friday
- Agency: LASD Homicide
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Circumstance: Robbery
- Crime scene: Commercial building
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Nov. 25, 2010 at 3:05 p.m.
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