Ronal Joseph Lawson of Lancaster was fatally wounded around 7:40 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at Avenue J-12 and Challenger Way, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim at the location and found Lawson with at least one wound to his upper body, according to the sheriff’s department.
Lawson was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“Investigators believe this incident may be gang related,” according to a news release by the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
A brawl involving about 30 people broke out following the shooting, prompting authorities to close parts of Challenger Way and Avenue K and place the hospital on lockdown after Lawson was taken there, according to the Antelope Valley Press.
Suspect information was not available.
Anyone with information about this fatal shooting is urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
Anonymous tips may be submitted through Crime Stoppers by at 800-222- TIPS or lacrimestoppers.org.
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Stacey Steger says
Why that poor man so young pray that so wrong. No one care anymore they dont care who they hurt guard angel he sleeping not dead
LBJ says
Love u lil homie. It hurts so bad to know u not home with your kids. Whoever did this will reap the benefits. I pray that God keeps you lil bro.
Butterfly says
Rip Ronal Lawson u will forever be loved and missed he was a good man with a good heart and turned his life around so that his kids can have a better life then he did growing up without parents sucks but he stuck it out for his family it’s sad he had to go out like this praying they find whoever did this he deserves it smh
Ron says
I thought Black life’s were suppose to matter?
Tone says
Don’t act like Dateline Andrew forensic files don’t exist with all the white on white crime!
Coroner says
Ronal’s life didn’t matter.
Butterfly says
For u say this is so mean n I’ma just pray something like this don’t happen to the person u love….. he mattered to me n I wish I knew what happened to him
Butterfly says
I love u Ronal forever and ima miss u you know u had a good heart and u changed yo life for the better of them kids it sucked to not have your parents around but finally u can be with them now n no longer in pain it just hurts u had to go out like this n I pray they find whoever did it LongLiveRonalLawson