Lucia Snodgrass, a 36-year-old Latina, was tragically shot and killed on July 24, 2015, in Inglewood, California. The incident occurred in the 500 block of East Hargrave Street. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Inglewood police responded to a 911 call from family members around 9:25 p.m. Upon arrival, they found Lucia Snodgrass on a couch with a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:42 p.m.
The initial investigation pointed to a domestic dispute as the cause of the shooting.
The primary suspect in the case was Lucia's husband, Schaunttee Jamal Snodgrass, a 44-year-old black man. Approximately six hours after the shooting, Schaunttee was located at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood. According to police and coroner's records, he walked into the hospital and subsequently shot himself in the head. Schaunttee was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:30 a.m. on July 25, 2015. The Inglewood Police Department released a statement confirming his death but provided no further comments on the incident.
The case was classified as a murder-suicide, with Schaunttee Jamal Snodgrass being the sole suspect in the murder of Lucia Snodgrass. There were no other arrests or suspects involved in the case. The investigation concluded with the determination that Schaunttee had acted alone in the tragic events that led to the deaths of both Lucia and himself. The Inglewood Police Department urged anyone with additional information to contact them, but no further developments were reported in the case.
