The coroner's office on Monday identified a 21-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a collision and crash into a Gardena storefront that appeared to have been sparked by road rage.
A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the crash.
The motorcyclist was identified as Jaylen Ramone Bell-Maxwell of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
Officers were dispatched about 12:15 p.m. Thursday to investigate a report of a collision between a car and motorcycle in the 16500 block of Western Avenue, near Gardena Boulevard, according to Gardena Police Lt. Mike Saffell.
"Upon arrival, officers found a male adult being treated by Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics," Saffell said. "That male was immediately transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to the injuries he sustained during the collision."
The preliminary investigation revealed Bell-Maxwell was riding south on Western Avenue and "became involved in a conflict with a male driving a 2017 Infiniti Q50 sedan," according to Saffell.
"The conflict escalated when the sedan and the motorcycle collided in the roadway causing both to veer into a store front in the 16500 block of Western Avenue," the Gardena police detective bureau commander said.
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The Infiniti driver, identified as Oscar Villa of Hawthorne, was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, Saffell said.
Villa was being held in lieu of $2 million bail and was due to appear on Tuesday in court in Torrance, according to sheriff's inmate records.
