Harbor City serial shootings
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- 3 killed
- 1 wounded
Harbor City serial shooter | |
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| Wanted since | January 31, 1993 |
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Span of crimes | January 31 – May 22, 1993 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Weapon | Firearm |
Date apprehended | Never apprehended |
The Harbor City serial shootings were an unsolved series of drive-by shootings committed in the Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California during the early months of 1993. A total of four black men were shot within a two-block radius, three of them fatally. Despite a detailed description of the perpetrator and his car given by the surviving victim and witnesses to the murders, he remains unidentified to date.[1]
The first shooting occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on January 31, 1993, when 32-year-old Howard L. Campbell was fatally shot at 1087 W. 252nd Street.[2]
The next victim was 35-year-old Michael Kevin Meador, who was shot to death during the night of February 14, 1993. Meador was murdered while standing in front of the same address as Campbell.[3]
On April 15, 1993, 26-year-old Joseph Alexander Maxwell was shot and killed as he approached the perpetrator's vehicle at 1039 W. 254 Street, two blocks away from where the first and second murders occurred.[4]
On May 22, 1993, an unnamed 38-year-old was shot three times at the 1100 block of West 253rd Street, a block away from where the first and second murders occurred.[1] The man was injured but managed to survive.[5]