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$20K reward offered in Lancaster shooting death [updated: suspect caught]

by City News Service • September 6, 2016

William Clay Settle [image via Facebook]
William Clay Settle [image via Facebook]
LANCASTER – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $20,000 reward Tuesday for information leading to the gunman who killed 22-year-old William Clay Settle in Lancaster last month.

Supervisor Michael Antonovich recommended the reward in what he characterized as a gang-related shooting.

“We hope justice will be carried out,” Antonovich told the Settle’s parents.

Settle was shot about 1:20 a.m. Aug. 13 on a walkway at an apartment complex at 1710 East Avenue J-4 in Lancaster. He died at the scene.

Settle, a former all-city tailback at San Fernando High School, was training with the state-run California Conservation Corps and hoped to become a firefighter, his parents told the Board of Supervisors.

Sallie Rouse said her son had earned his second-class firefighter certification and was looking forward to the next step in his training.

The young man’s father thanked the board for posting the reward “to help find this ruthless killer.”

Antonovich asked anyone with information about the crime to call sheriff’s homicide Detective Brandt House at 323-890-5500.

Previous related story: Man shot to death in Lancaster

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UPDATE: 29-year-old Myron Urssery was arrested by gang detectives around 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in connection with William Settle’s murder.  Urssery was charged on Friday, Sept. 23, with one count of murder with gang and gun allegations, according to Jane Robison of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Urssery pleaded not guilty to the charges Friday and his bail was set at $2.09 million, Robison said. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 5 to determine if there is enough evidence against Urssery to take the case to trial.

Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Lancaster

15 comments for "$20K reward offered in Lancaster shooting death [updated: suspect caught]"

  1. Artisha Hickman says

    October 21, 2016 at 2:14 am

    [removed] these cool Sallie, we all love William and You, I’m proud of who he was and regardless of who his friends was, he did not deserve this. The idiots who seem to think they know everything don’t know [removed]….

    • Artisha Hickman says

      October 21, 2016 at 2:16 am

      TYPO………Fools, not cool

  2. truth says

    October 10, 2016 at 11:40 am

    HE was a gang member facts . Dont believe .Everything. You hear and only believe. Half of what you see

  3. CiTyLiFe says

    September 26, 2016 at 9:32 am

    they caught the guy…av times is slow with the stories

  4. kls says

    September 9, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Prayers for your family to bring the person to justice, to heal, and recover from such a horrible tragedy. These are horrible days. I am sorry for your loss from one mother to another.

  5. ??? says

    September 8, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    He was gang member from b.I.g

    • Mother says

      September 9, 2016 at 7:27 am

      I suppose the helps you feel better you self hating DEMON SPAWN OF SATAN SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARDLY LYING MAGGOT

      • truth says

        September 13, 2016 at 2:22 pm

        Just saying he does have pics throwing it up on his face book he was a gang member despite what you think.

        • Facts! says

          September 17, 2016 at 10:26 pm

          You ignorance is so beyond disgusting, your truly pathetic to write something of that nature to any Mother in morning. She is on his Facebook. I hope you feel like you accomplished something In life cause you are truly pathetic and I pray your Mother is Not in Wills Mothers position one day. Cause don’t get it twisted this could easily be you, coward.

          • Lakieshia Urssery says

            October 4, 2016 at 8:46 am

            But it is the truth and it is sad. He was a gang member and it was all over facebook. People hate the truth. God is the only judge and I pray that the mother find peace and healing. The real truth will come out very soon. No press coference will be able to help a liar……

          • Mother says

            October 12, 2016 at 1:11 pm

            So listen in case he was a gang member or a click member, are you justifying the shooting of an unarmed man in cold blood. My son had no tattoos or earings or a Gang name & no criminal record.
            He knows people from all over in gangs in clicks etc. He is a young black man in the suburbs, where there is an undeniable melting pot of people from all over. He is Loved Cherished and a Blessing.

            The sickening thing is you condone the taking of my child’s life, by that psychopath!
            He is where he should be in jail, and hopefully prison for the rest of his life! Bless GOD, for the press Conference!!!

            So that other unarmed young men can grow up, and live past their interpretation on fb.

            By the way I noticed the killer, has erased his fb all together! What does he have to hide, Will, has nothing to hide, that’s why his fb, is still up.
            Stay Tuned 4 The Next News Conference ☆

          • A mother says

            October 12, 2016 at 3:10 pm

            You are RUTHLESS AND HEARTLESS WITHOUT SOULS I SEE THE FAMILY TIES. I HOPE THE JUDGE SEES IT AS WE!!!

    • Mother says

      September 15, 2016 at 7:21 am

      You must be one of the killers

    • The Law says

      October 13, 2016 at 8:21 am

      Idiots your friends are not allowed to MURDER people despite what you think

  6. Dave says

    September 7, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    Rest in Peace to our loved one William Clay Settle. The remembrance of your character, compassion, & genial temperament shall never be lost on the heart’s of those who mourn your passing from Earth’s domicile. We grieve but with conviction that your radiant soul is now in a place of unending happiness & love. We transport our ceaseless, daily love to you through memories, spiritual discourse, & inner-thoughts of you. Your physical life was illegitimately removed from us but you did well with what little time you had & as a result you’ve left us with stamps of your love, friendship, & companionship. That effect will be immovable & secure in our hearts until we meet again and can pick up where we left off.
    Please watch over us until then. We Love you.

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