Unsolved: 1992 LA Uprising @ 25 Years

Two drawings on the floor in front of liquor store — **Unsolved Sites 20 & 21**, 2017
Inkjet print on paper
8 1/2” x 11”

Ernest Neal Jr., a 27-year-old black man, was shot to death Thursday, April 30, 1992, in Gramercy Park. Neal and Elbert Wilkins, 33, were killed as they stood outside a liquor store at 92nd Street and Western Avenue. [As indicated in the August 10, 1992 Police Report.]

black and white drawing — **Unsolved Site 20**, 2017
Oilstick rubbing on polypropylene, 23” x 35”

More than 50 people lost their lives amid the looting and fires that ravaged Los Angeles over six days starting April 29, 1992. Ten were shot to death by law enforcement officials. An additional 44 people died in other homicides or incidents tied to the rioting. By year’s end, Los Angeles had 1,096 homicides, a record.

1992 remains L.A.’s deadliest year.

Of the 36 riot-related homicides, 23 remain unsolved.

The Unsolved exhibition in 2017 honored the memory of those 23 on the 25th anniversary of the uprising.

Learn more about the work in Carolina Miranda’s Los Angeles Times article. View the police report from which this information was derived.