An arrest was announced Friday in a drive-by shooting 22 years ago in Compton that killed a 24-year-old man and his 2-year-old daughter.
Stephen Murphy was about to place his daughter Kali in the backseat of his car when someone drove by and opened fire.Stephen Murphy, who worked at Los Angeles International Airport, and his daughter Kali were shot Aug. 8, 2001 in the 13100 block of Willowbrook Avenue. They were visiting the girl's grandmother. Murphy was getting ready to put his daughter in the back seat of his car when someone in another car opened fire, authorities said.
During that news conference, authorities said the shooting was one in a series that occurred over the course of two nights as the result of an apparently ongoing gang war at the time. He said the crime spree began the previous night, Aug. 7, 2001, when 22-year-old Richard Lawrence was fatally shot in the 2000 block of North Grape Avenue in Compton.
The shootings began in the 13300 block of Largo Avenue, where a victim suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder. A short time later, a non-injury shooting occurred in the 2300 block of Lucien Street.Another shooting occurred a short time later in the 2000 block of West 131st Street, where a 15-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the head. After that, a sheriff's deputy came under fire, but was not struck, in the 1900 block of North Anzac Avenue.
In September, investigators said that modern DNA testing was being done on property found inside the car, and it was expected to be completed soon.
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