Vigil in Fair Oaks Park for man killed in shooting

Community members gathered at Fair Oaks Park Sunday evening to mourn a 20-year-old man who was killed in a shooting in Los Angeles on June 2.

According to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman, medical examiners on Tuesday released the identity of Clarence Simpson, who was shot at about 1:35 a.m. at the intersection of Maple Avenue and 12th Street.

Simpson and two other victims, a man in his 20s and an 18-year-old woman, were stopped at the intersection in the early morning hours when another car pulled up next to them, an LAPD statement said.

A suspect fired several shots at the car, hitting all three occupants, and then fled the scene in an unknown direction, the LAPD reported.

Simpson was transported by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel to a local hospital, where he eventually succumbed to his injuries sustained in the shooting, according to an email from Officer Cervantes of the LAPD’s Media Relations Division.

According to Cervantes, a 20-year-old man was also in critical condition and a woman in the vehicle was in stable condition at the time of the shooting.

In a June 4 email, LAPD officials also wrote that they are investigating whether the attack was related to gang activity.

No suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.

Friends and family members declined to comment at Sunday’s vigil in Canyon Country. Attendees were asked to wear red clothing for Simpson.

Officials at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station said Tuesday they had been informed about the memorial.

Anyone with information about the shooting can contact the SCV Sheriff’s Station at 661-260-4000 or provide information anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477), using a smartphone by downloading the P3Tips mobile app from Google Play or the Apple App Store, or by using the website.