Homicide Report > Laroyce Hollingsworth, 34
Laroyce Hollingsworth, 34
Died July 5, 2007 at 1:06 p.m.
LaRoyce Hollinsworth, 34, a black man, was shot multiple times at 9821 S. Maie Ave. in Watts and died at 1:06 p.m. Thursday, July 5.
He had stopped to chat with an elderly woman. The assailants, black men or youths, shot him from afar. After he fell, one of the assailants ran up to him and shot him twice more in the back.
He was transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where he died. The woman was not hurt. The suspects may have fled in an SUV.
Hollinsworth's cousin Shaconda Wright of Lancaster described him as a Los Angeles native who bore the scars of having been badly burned in a house fire as a child.
Yet he had an easy-going temperament and a sense of humor. "I have never seen him angry. Never," she said. She said Hollinsworth had been arrested and served time for selling drugs and was only a month out of prison, trying to get his life together, when he was shot.
She said his brother had died in a homicide some years ago, also shortly after being released from jail, which may be an especially high-risk period for ex-cons. "They were not bad people. They made some bad decisions," she said.
He is survived by other siblings and a large extended family.
- Neighborhood: Watts
- Age: 34
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Thursday
- Agency: LAPD South Bureau Homicide
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Crime scene: Public place
Four reader comments about Laroyce Hollingsworth
watts up loco man them nasty chesse toast got you.dam ave its sad you was a good comrad i remember you whop the popo ass at blue rag house.man you was a rider we went on a few missions my nig you was allways good to a groove. a i p insane/dede/ricc dogg bam/to tone my aves ....mr hoover joint
June 19, 2010 at 11:43 p.m.
And evidently, as proven by the ultra-intelligent post by westsidehooverselo, he was another banger. Shock.
June 20, 2010 at 10:57 a.m.
A.I.P............ Cuz u was the hommie and will C for life.. cuz im hot right now!! out of every hommie cuz u where 95.7 all the way.u will b missed never forgotten. dam cuz we had some good times lol..i will never forget mexico lol off the hook..that stuff at pink rags house.lol..those cars from the auxction..lol that fighter piolet hat.lol i love u cuz......and am with the business believe it .
Sept. 9, 2010 at 8:06 p.m.
dame cuzz miss u herda herd your little cousin scrap blue... still usc lol!!! dame i remember the times 2 days before u got sent home 2 heaven we partied at my house in my hood/pjw me and my cuzzo loco rip
Dec. 12, 2010 at 10:10 p.m.
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