Hawthorne, California – A 57-year-old man lost his life in a tragic shooting in the early hours of Wednesday morning outside a burger stand in Hawthorne. The incident occurred at Fabulous Burgers in the 3300 block of Rosecrans Avenue, with the victim later identified as Eddie McAllister by his family.
The Hawthorne Police Department reported that the shooting was first reported at around 2 a.m. Police later made an arrest in connection with the shooting, but specific details were not immediately disclosed.
Family members of the victim rushed to the scene from their home in Norwalk after learning about the shooting. Eddie’s daughter, Emani McAllister, tearfully recounted that her father had texted her just a couple of hours before the tragic incident, expressing his hope to see her soon.
According to his family, the victim, who worked as a security guard, may have just finished his shift before the shooting, as video footage showed him wearing his work jacket. A surveillance video of the shooting revealed a disturbing sequence of events, with Eddie’s former girlfriend, Tameco Lisby, describing the assailant as unmistakably visible in the footage.
As the McAllister family grappled with the sudden loss, harrowing video footage from the scene captured the victim’s mother sobbing behind the police tape, pleading for help in finding her son’s assailant. The emotional toll of the loss was evident as Marilyn McAllister, the victim’s mother, described her son as not being a bad person, passionately seeking justice for her oldest son.
Hawthorne Police issued a request for anyone with information about the shooting to come forward and contact them, as the investigation into the tragic incident continues. The community is left mourning the loss of Eddie McAllister and seeking answers as to why this senseless act of violence occurred outside a local establishment.