‘Spike in Crime’ Prompts Alley Closure Near Site of Nipsey Hussle Murder

Police outside The Marathon clothing store owned by Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle where he was fatally shot along with 2 other wounded, in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—An alley next to the site of where the late rapper Nipsey Hussle was murdered in South Los Angeles will be closed temporarily to mitigate what the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) described as continuous and violent crime in the area.

The city council voted July 29 to shut down the alley near the intersection of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard, for up to 18 months. Concrete barriers could be added at the alley’s entrance and midpoint.