Homicide detectives renewed their efforts Wednesday to track down whoever fatally shot a community violence intervention activist during a July 4 party at a Compton apartment complex, reminding the public that $70,000 in reward money is now offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.
Eric Washington, 37, was shot around 11:20 p.m. July 4 while trying to break up an altercation in the 700 block of West Laurel Street, east of Wilmington Avenue near Compton/Woodley Airport at the New Wilmington Arms Apartments, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
A separate shooting at the location on the same night killed a 19-year-old woman and injured two other people, but a suspect has already been charged in that case…