Police release new video showing suspect in fatal Standard hotel shooting

Police on Wednesday released new surveillance footage in the fatal shooting of a man outside the Standard hotel in downtown L.A. in December in hopes of locating the shooter.

So far, a $50,000 reward and other pleas to the public haven’t resulted in leads on the whereabouts of the man suspected of killing 21-year-old Thomas Johnson.

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The suspect, Jamaine Harrington, 33, remains at large, Los Angeles Police Det. Doug Pierce said.

On Dec. 13 about 2:30 a.m., one group of men got into a fight with another at the hotel, police said. At some point, Pierce said, Harrington pulled out a gun and fired several rounds in front of the hotel, striking two people.

Johnson ran through the hotel’s ground floor to the back door, and the gunman ran around the hotel and confronted him, police said. The gunman fired several rounds, hitting Johnson and another man, who returned fire, according to police.

Four people, including Johnson, were struck by gunfire. Only Johnson was killed.

In December, police released a video they said showed the shooter inside an elevator in the 12-story hotel. In January, the city approved a $50,000 reward for information that would lead to the shooter’s arrest and conviction.

The newly released footage shows the beginning of a scuffle between two groups of men, then a man in a black trench coat shooting.

Harrington has previously been described as black, 140 pounds and is between 5 foot 6 and 5 foot 8. He has black hair and brown eyes and styles his hair in cornrows.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact LAPD’s Central Division homicide detectives at (213) 996-1891.

Times staff writers Matt Hamilton and Ruben Vives contributed to this report.

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