Long Beach: Comontray Lenoir, 24

Nov. 30, 2009 5:27 PM PT

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Comontray Lenoir, a 24-year-old black man, was shot and killed Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the 2700 block of East 57th Street in Long Beach, authorities said.

Lenoir was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the courtyard of an apartment complex after police received reports of a shooting at 5:30 p.m., police said. Police are investigating the slaying as a gang-related crime, the Long Beach Police Department said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Dets. William Matsubara and Todd Johnson at (562) 570-7244.

-- Robert J. Lopez

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Map: The location where Comontray Lenoir was shot. Credit: Google Maps

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Robert J. Lopez

Robert J. Lopez is a former Los Angeles Times investigative journalist. He was part of a team of Times reporters awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for uncovering corruption in Bell, a small city near Los Angeles. He and several Times colleagues were Pulitzer Prize finalists in 2023 for investigations that exposed corruption, criminality and worker exploitation in California’s legal cannabis market. Born and raised in L.A., he is a graduate of the University of Hawaii.