Two males walking home after a party are shot and killed
On Saturday, August 2, 1986, at 1:35 am, Gregory Smith and LaFrant Tyrone James were walking home after attending a party on Monterey Street. In the 200 block of S. Acme a car with four to six Hispanic males stopped at Enid and Pharis streets. The males called out to Smith and James Hey, Brothers. Then four shots rang out from the car, with the passenger sitting on the windowsill of the car firing over the car at the two victims. Both Smith and James sustained gunshot wounds. LaFrant Tyrone James died at the scene and Gregory Smith died later at Wilfred Hall Hospital. James was 22 at the time of his death, and Smith was 20. The suspects were described as Hispanic males, and the shooter wore blue jeans and a black muscle shirt. The suspect vehicle was a 1972-73 green LeMans or Monte Carlo. Anyone with information about this murder is asked to contact the SAPD Homicide Unit, 207-7635.
