(L.A.) Peyton Harris, 17, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2021-04002

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 17-year-old Black male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the teenager as Peyton Harris of Hawthorne, California.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound to the Back

RIP PEYTON HARRIS (January 18, 2004 – March 13, 2021)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 1:07 a.m.

Incident location: Street
14311 Cerise Ave, Hawthorne, CA 90250

This was about four miles away from his residence on West 103rd Street.

He expired at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center at 1000 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA 90502.