Suspect In Hollywood Slayings Considered Armed and Dangerous: LAPD

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Authorities Tuesday identified a suspect in the shooting deaths of a man and a woman in front of her three young children in Hollywood Thursday.

Marvin Francell Williams, 32, was wanted on suspicion of murder and was considered armed and dangerous, according to investigators.

Police responding to multiple reports of gunfire shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday in the 6100 block of Carlos Avenue found the bodies of Ajani Patridge, 40, of Los Angeles, and Nadia Campbell, 35, of Hollywood, in the street. Campbell's three children were nearby in a parked car, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Patridge and Campbell died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Police believed Williams had previously dated the slain woman. Security footage from the scene showed the victims walking in the street with a man in the moments before they were shot to death, police said.

"Nadia's three young children were in a vehicle nearby when the murders occurred," according to an LAPD statement. "The suspect was in a dating relationship with Campbell and this crime involved domestic violence. ... He should be considered armed and dangerous."

"Williams is from the Compton area and was last seen walking Northbound on Vista Del Mar Avenue after committing the murders," the LAPD, said in a written release.

The LAPD warned anyone who sees Williams not to approach him. Anyone with information on the crime was urged to call LAPD West Bureau homicide detectives at 213-382-9470, or 877-LAPD-247.

City News Service contributed to this report.