Homicide Report > Marcellus Wright, 25
Marcellus Wright, 25
Died Feb. 24, 2007 at 7:58 p.m.
Marcellus Wright, a 25-year-old black man, was shot by police officers at the intersection of Broadway Place and 36th Place after a foot chase and died at 7:58 p.m. Feb. 24. The shooting took place just south of the Santa Monica Freeway and east of the Harbor Freeway.
Officers from LAPD's Newton Division pulled over a car with three occupants for a traffic stop at the intersection at about 7:37 p.m., police said. They said Wright ran from the car, heading west on West 36th Place. He pulled a gun, and one or more officers shot him. Wright died at the scene. Police said they recovered the gun he was carrying: a semi-automatic pistol.
- Neighborhood: Historic South-Central
- Age: 25
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Saturday
- Agency: LAPD Criminal Investigation
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Circumstance: Officer-involved
- Crime scene: Public place
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i miss u baby ...muahh R.I.P
June 8, 2011 at 2:40 a.m.
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