The family of a mother and daughter who were shot to death in a drive-by shooting in Compton last month made impassioned pleas to the public for help in finding their alleged killer at a news conference on Wednesday.
On April 1 at approximately 7:15 p.m., La’von Hall and her daughter Ma’laysia Martin were sitting inside a Toyota coupe at the intersection of West Caldwell Street and South Central Avenue when another vehicle pulled up beside them and fired several shots.
Deputies arrived at the scene to find the Toyota had stopped on the sidewalk near a traffic pole. Both Hall, 45, and Martin, 22, were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators found that Hall had exited the vehicle after being shot but collapsed in the street; Martin was found deceased inside the car.
Authorities were initially unable to establish a motive, but Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Steven DeJong told KTLA hours after the shooting that the incident was not believed to be gang-related.
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Detectives later identified the suspect in the shooting as Hall’s “estranged boyfriend” Donte Lamont Brown. In a bulletin issued April 3, LASD stated that they had “exhausted all leads” and asked for the public’s help in locating Brown, 41, who they described as armed and dangerous…