Kamico Boykin, 23, a Black woman, was shot in the early morning hours of August 22, 2025, in a residential part of Compton. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded at about 2:45 a.m. to the 2100 block of North Kalsman Avenue, near Centennial High School, where they found evidence of a shooting and learned the victim had been taken for treatment. She was transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where she was formally pronounced dead that Friday.
Authorities later identified the victim as Kamico Boykin. The county medical examiner determined the manner of death to be homicide, caused by multiple gunshot wounds. The identification and findings were publicly reported alongside the official case number, confirming the circumstances of her death and where she was pronounced.
Detectives opened a homicide investigation and asked for the public’s help, but did not release a suspect description. Reporting in the days after the shooting noted that a woman with blood on her shirt was seen outside the Lynwood hospital and was believed to have helped take Boykin there; the California Highway Patrol was alerted that the victim was being driven to the hospital in a gray Hyundai Elantra. As of the latest updates from local outlets, no arrests had been announced and no suspects publicly named.
News accounts from that day and the following week consistently described a focused scene: an early-morning burst of gunfire in the Kalsman Avenue corridor, deputies canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses, and homicide investigators piecing together how Boykin came under fire before the hurried drive to the hospital. Memorial listings and briefings echoed the same details—her name, age, city, and date of death—while underscoring that the investigation remained active with few specifics shared publicly.
