'She had a future.' Man charged in fatal shooting at Compton Fourth of July party
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Set us as preferred Eric Washington was at a party promoted on TikTok, surrounded by people he called friends and family, as they celebrated America’s 250th anniversary.Then, nearing midnight, tragedy struck.The 37-year-old community activist, alongside Meah Bordenave-Jenkins, 19, and two others, were struck by bullets.
Washington and Bordenave-Jenkins died at the party.On Friday, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced the arrest of and a murder charge against a man suspected in Bordenave-Jenkins’ death.
Washington’s death remains unsolved.“On a day of community celebration and joy … vibrant young life was suddenly and horrifically taken, two others were injured, and a community was ripped apart because of senseless gun violence,” Dist.
Atty.Nathan J.
Hochman said in a statement.“We will do everything in our power to seek justice for the victims.”The suspect, Antoine Jones, 54, is accused of opening fire about 11:20 p.m.
July 4 at an apartment complex on West Laurel Street in Compton, according to prosecutors.In a press conference on Thursday, L.A.
County Sheriff Robert Luna said a gunman was possibly targeting two documented gang members.Amid the random crossfire, “they ended up striking other innocent bystanders who had nothing to do other than celebrating with everybody else,” Luna said.Washington was struck inside the apartment complex by shots fired by an unknown gunman who remains at large, according to Luna.
As the attendees fled, a second shooting occurred on Laurel Street where Bordenave-Jenkins and the two surviving victims were struck by Jones, Luna said.Bordenave-Jenkins, who was studying to be a neonatal nurse at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, died at the scene, prosecutors say.
A 15-year-old and 18-year-old were severely injured but survived.“My daughter ...