1 dead after drive-by shooting at Hawthorne bar, police say
One person is dead after a drive-by shooting at a bar in Hawthorne on Sunday night, police said.
It happened at around 7 p.m. at The Greatest, a bar located in the 13700 block of S. Inglewood Avenue, according to the Hawthorne Police Department.
Officers say that the victim was struck by gunfire while sitting on the front patio of the bar. They arrived and found one person suffering from a fatal gunshot wound at the scene.
On Monday, family members of the victim identified him as 35-year-old Anthony Jackson Jr. They said that he was watching the Sunday Night Football game with friends in the same fantasy football league when the shooting happened.
"He grew to be very responsible," said the victim's mother, Yvette Spicer-Jackson. "Very respectful and all out a good guy."
As their investigation continues, detectives tell CBS Los Angeles that one person has been arrested in connection with the incident. He was identified as 43-year-old Daniel Dennis. They did not provide details on where he was taken into custody.
Witnesses told police that a man had been kicked out of the bar after a fight had broken out, but investigators do not believe Jackson was involved in the altercation.
"To know that he wasn't involved and for something like this to happen so close to home is insane," said Jackson's sister, Allyson. "I still can't wrap my head around it."
While detectives continue their search for his killer, family members are also searching for a way to begin the process of losing their loved one. They remember him as a people person with a passion for the culinary arts, working at UCLA as a chef, and his love for sports, especially the Arizona Cardinals and the New York Yankees.
"He was outgoing, the biggest trash talker," Jackson's father Anthony Jackson Sr. said. "He was competitive whether it be in dominos, cornhole, checkers."
