Carson billboard urges 'Stop the Killing'

If you've driven through the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Figueroa Street in Carson lately you might have seen a billboard with four young faces on it.

The billboard cries "Stop the Killing," and displays four victims of crimes, three of which are unsolved.

It's from the community group Justice for Murdered Children. Members of the group, Carson city officials and family members of the four victims will speak at a news conference Friday morning.

I'm planning to be there.

These are the victims:
 

Jahaira Keys, 17, who was shot to death May 3, 2007 outside Biistro 880, 880 E. Dominguez St.

Keys had attended a private party when scuffling broke out. As security tried to break up the fight, a car pulled up, and a woman got out and opened fire on the crowd.

D'Ancee Barnes, a 3-year-old who was struck by a car and killed March 18, 1989 as he crossed Van Ness Avenue in Los Angeles. The female driver stopped, looked at the boy lying in the street, got back into her car and took off.

Dwayne Jackson Jr., who was shot to death in front of his home at Fernrock Street and Tajuata Avenue in Carson on Oct. 18, 2001. Suspected gang members in a car with a lighted sign on the roof that said "taxi" pulled up and motioned him over to them. When he got close, a guy inside pulled a shotgun and killed him.

Jennifer Pierre, 21, who was beaten to death by her boyfriend. Her body was found under bushes in Rancho Palos Verdes on March 17, 1998. The boyfriend, Johnny Ricardo Guisa, 26, was found guilty and sentenced to 26 years to life in prison.

By the way, the photo above was changed slightly. The actual billboard (seen below in a photo taken by Dwayne Jackson's mom Jackie) changed the places of the victims.