Compton: Dannie Farber, 18

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Dannie Farber, an 18-year-old black man, died after he was shot in the shoulder, chestand left thumb on Sunday, May 24, in the 1900 block of West Rosecrans Avenue in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Farber, an All-City wide receiver from Harbor City’s Narbonne High School, and a female friend were eating at Louisiana Fried Chicken in Compton about 9:40 p.m. when a man walked through a side door and approached their table, police said.

‘Where you from?’ asked the man, who was wearing a black hood pulled over a black baseball cap.

‘What are you talking about?’ Farber asked as he stood up.

The man shot Farber several times and ran out the same door, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Det. Eddie Brown said. Farber tried to crawl toward the door but collapsed near the counter.

Brown said that Farber was not in a gang and that police are still looking for the gunman. Farber would have graduated from high school on June 19.

Times coverage of Farber’s memorial: Narbonne High teammates mourn a life cut short by violence

--Raja Abdulrahim and Anthony Pesce

Top: Davon Yerger, 18, a childhood friend of shooting victim Dannie Farber Jr., visits a makeshift memorial outside the Compton restaurant where a gunman walked in, asked ‘Where you from?’ and killed the football player. Credit: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times

Bottom: Dannie Farber, 18, caught a touchdown pass in a playoff game that took his team to the championship. Farber was shot and killed Sunday (5/24/09) at a Compton restaurant -- Credit: Scott Varley / Torrance Daily Breeze