Calif. Man Allegedly Fatally Shot Ex-Girlfriend and Her Daughter at Site visitors Gentle

The suspect within the double murder of his estranged girlfriend and her daughter who had been killed in Compton, Calif. on Tuesday, April 1, is on the run, in accordance with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division (LACSD) Thursday, April 3 information launch. 

Donte Lamont Brown, 41, is suspected of killing Tameeka “La’von” Corridor, 45, and her daughter Ma’Laysia “Lay Lay” Martin, 22, who had been each fatally shot on Tuesday. Brown, who was Corridor’s estranged boyfriend, “is taken into account to be armed and harmful,” per the LACSD. 

Brown allegedly drove up alongside Corridor and Martin of their car whereas they had been stopped at a pink mild on the intersection of Caldwell Avenue and South Central Avenue, the LACSD stated. He allegedly fired pictures into the car. Corridor then left the motive force’s aspect of the car and fell to the bottom. 

The suspect, who was in a driverless car, fled the scene after which collided with a site visitors sign pole. 

Round 7:05 p.m., deputies responded to a name reporting a taking pictures. There, they discovered Corridor affected by gunshot wounds on the bottom. Authorities additionally found Martin affected by gunshot wounds within the car’s passenger seat. 

The Compton Fireplace Division responded to the scene and pronounced each victims deceased.

“My brother received murdered across the nook some years in the past. I can not think about the ache they had been going via on the time,” witness Debbie Shaw stated, per ABC 7. “Simply to return out right here to see a mom and a daughter – that is actually heartbreaking.”

“It is simply very tragic for our neighborhood. We do not like to listen to something like that. We do not need that form of factor to occur in anybody’s neighborhood,” Compton Metropolis Councilman Jonathan Bowers stated, per ABC 7. “We have had sufficient violence happen right here in Compton. We’re not happy with this in any respect.”

“Once I heard on the information, being a mom and a lady, it simply touched my coronary heart,” close by neighbor named Ronnie advised Fox 11. “I felt for the household.”

“Typically, you’ll be able to’t actually have a get together [at] your own home as a result of someone [will] drive by and shoot up the get together,” she stated. “It’s actually ridiculous.” 

“I hope you get caught as a result of it’s essential to go to jail,” Ronnie stated on to Brown. “It’s essential to keep off the streets. Why don’t you go and switch your self in, and we’re going to wish for you in any case.”

Corridor’s aunt, Habeeb Rasheed, and brother Uron, created a GoFundMe web page to assist increase cash for funeral bills.

“The story of their finish was horrible,” learn the outline. “Tameeka the mother, my niece labored as the varsity district a few years and helped nurture an excellent younger artist Ma’Laysia Lay Lay. I need to share the love of household and one another.”

Representatives for the Compton Fireplace Division and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division didn’t present additional remark when contacted by PEOPLE on Friday.

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