(L.A.) Sidney Morris, 43, Died From Gunshots

Case Number: 2023-16526

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 43-year-old Black male.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Sidney Morris.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wounds

RIP SIDNEY BARRETT MORRIS (September 21, 1980 – November 28, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.

The decedent had been eating alone at Fixins Soul Kitchen in the 800 block of West Olympic Boulevard when a shooter got out of a car, walked into the business and shot the victim.

Phillip Pasco Clark, 33, of Los Angeles, and Santana Jermaine Kelly, 50, of Palmdale, each face one count of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit a crime in case 24CJCF01997.

Clark did the shooting. Kelly is accused of helping to plan the hit.