Help Hawthorne police identify these men
Hawthorne police just released surveillance photographs of the suspects and victim in a recent shooting in the hope someone can identify them.
The victim, photographed clearly at left, never reported the Oct. 2 shooting. Detectives do not know if he was hit, and no one showed up at a hospital for treatment in the hours after the gunfire, Hawthorne police Lt. Gary Tomatani said.
"We have not identified anybody," Tomatani said. "We don't know who these people are."
The shooting occurred about 10:45 p.m. outside a liquor store in the 4500 block of Imperial Highway.
Tomatani said both suspects and the victim were inside the store before it happened. No confrontation occurred there.
The suspects, smiling in the photo below, left the store first, but waited in the parking lot. When the victim exited the store, one of the suspects chased him and shot at him multiple times with a handgun.
The motive was not known, but it could be gang-related, Tomatani said.
"We're figuring the best hope for our investigation is somebody from the public recogngnizes the individuals in the photographs," Tomatani said.
Tomatani said police have a pretty strong case with clear photographs.
"It's not often we get a photograph of that quality," he said.
Anyone with information should contact detectives at 310-349-2820.
The victim, photographed clearly at left, never reported the Oct. 2 shooting. Detectives do not know if he was hit, and no one showed up at a hospital for treatment in the hours after the gunfire, Hawthorne police Lt. Gary Tomatani said.
"We have not identified anybody," Tomatani said. "We don't know who these people are."
The shooting occurred about 10:45 p.m. outside a liquor store in the 4500 block of Imperial Highway.
Tomatani said both suspects and the victim were inside the store before it happened. No confrontation occurred there.
The suspects, smiling in the photo below, left the store first, but waited in the parking lot. When the victim exited the store, one of the suspects chased him and shot at him multiple times with a handgun.
The motive was not known, but it could be gang-related, Tomatani said.
"We're figuring the best hope for our investigation is somebody from the public recogngnizes the individuals in the photographs," Tomatani said.
Tomatani said police have a pretty strong case with clear photographs.
"It's not often we get a photograph of that quality," he said.
Anyone with information should contact detectives at 310-349-2820.
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