A man was critically injured Wednesday outside a funeral home after mourners, who were gathered for a service in South Los Angeles, exchanged gunfire with members of a rival gang, police said.
Friends and family of 41-year-old Kumase Jefferson, who was shot and killed Aug. 15 in Vermont-Slauson, were standing in the parking lot of the funeral home near 47th Street and Avalon Boulevard at 11:45 a.m. when members of rival gang approached them.
Mourners moved toward the gang members, who then fired shots at the group, said Los Angeles Police Lt. John Jenal.
“You would hope that people would allow friends and family to mourn,” Jenal said.