Keawon Markice Solomon, a 33-year-old Black male, died on November 22, 2025, after being shot in Lancaster, California and later pronounced dead at a hospital. According to Los Angeles County death and coroner records for Case Number 2025-18331, he was born in Los Angeles County on April 14, 1992, with records listing his mother’s maiden name as Reese. The coroner determined the manner of death to be homicide and the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds of the torso.
He was formally pronounced dead on Saturday morning after being transported from the scene to a local hospital.
On the morning of the shooting, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports of a man down in the 44200 block of Sierra Highway in Lancaster at around 7:58 a.m. Homicide summaries and regional news reports state that the death was reported at about 8 a.m., with deputies locating the victim at or near the roadside and arranging for emergency medical transport. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his torso, and despite efforts at the hospital, he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Public mapping of the incident area shows only an approximate location along Sierra Highway and does not pinpoint the exact spot where he was found, consistent with standard practice in law-enforcement and media reporting, which typically avoid revealing precise crime-scene coordinates. Coroner data associated with the case lists his height as about 6 feet 1 inch and weight at roughly 180 pounds, matching prior descriptive information in arrest and booking records.
Online criminal-records databases describe Solomon as having an extensive history of contact with law enforcement across several California jurisdictions over more than a decade. A recent arrest entry from Local Crime News shows that on September 21, 2025, he was arrested in Los Angeles County, with the case sourced to the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, on suspicion of violating California Penal Code §245 assault with a deadly weapon or by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, with bail set at $50,000. The same record lists numerous prior arrests, including 2025 charges in Kern County for assault by a prisoner with force likely to produce great bodily injury, as well as earlier detentions for parole violations, resisting or obstructing peace officers, domestic-violence-related battery, drug-related offenses, and weapons charges dating back to at least 2014. These cumulative entries are the likely basis for online summaries characterizing him as having a “thick rap sheet,” and confirm a long-standing pattern of involvement with the criminal justice system prior to his death.
At the time of the Lancaster shooting, public statements from LASD and regional outlets such as MyNewsLA and 2UrbanGirls reported only that homicide detectives were investigating the man’s death and that the victim had been transported from the scene on Sierra Highway to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Those reports explicitly noted that authorities had not yet released the victim’s identity or any details about the manner of death, and they urged anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau or Crime Stoppers. As of the latest available online information, there are no public updates from LASD, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, or major local news organizations announcing any arrests, named suspects, or stated motive in connection with the killing of Keawon Markice Solomon. All publicly accessible sources describe the case as an open homicide investigation, with detectives still seeking leads and no suspect or suspects officially identified or charged in his death.
