Alvarez Escalante Wynn, 24, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Compton, California, on August 10, 1999. He was the son of Philippe Wynne and Ava Leflor and had been training to become a firefighter while with the California Conservation Corps in Fortuna, California. Wynn was active in his church community, including membership in Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the Little Jerome Fisher Choir.

The Los Angeles County coroner’s records list the death as a gun homicide. Reports note the case fits the pattern of gang-related drive-by violence in parts of Los Angeles County at that time, but specifics about arrests or suspects have not been widely publicized. Wynn’s family and local groups have kept his memory alive and used his story in advocacy against gun violence.