Reward offered for shooting death at Compton pool party – NBC Los Angeles

Detectives and family members appealed for help Wednesday in the killing of a 28-year-old man who was shot earlier this month at a pool party in Compton.

A $20,000 reward for information was offered in the June 7 assassination of Robert Abdelkader III. He was shot and killed at a party near Mayo Avenue and Greenleaf Boulevard, where deputies saw a large group of people leaving a residence when they arrived.

Abdelkader died instantly. He was one of six people shot at the party.

His parents were at a Sheriff’s Department news conference Wednesday when the reward for information was announced.

“Robert was such a kind, genuine, kind young man,” said his mother Inez Tootie Adkins. “Help me get this killer off the streets, because next time he might kill again, and it might be your son.”

Detectives said the shooters left the party through an alley behind the house. He described Abdelkader as an innocent victim of a senseless act of violence.

Investigators said 200 to 300 people – potential witnesses – were at the party.

“I know there’s like a code that you don’t want to say anything, but I’m begging you to,” Adkins said.

Abdelkader’s father was also present at the press conference. He described his son as generous and pleaded with witnesses to come forward.

“He was a giver. He gave a lot to the community, to friends, to family,” said Robert Abdelkader Jr. “Someone saw something. Someone said something, someone did something thing.”

Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call the sheriff’s homicide bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous calls can be made to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.