Man dies in drive-by shooting
There was a gang-related homicide in North Hollywood Friday night. I just spoke with Detective Rich Wheeler, a supervisor over at the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood station about it. No arrests have been made. Here's what I've got so far.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A 31-year-old man with no apparent gang ties was fatally wounded Friday night in a drive-by shooting two blocks away from his North Hollywood home, police said.Alvaro Ely Calderon was on his way home from an am/pm mini market with a 40-ounce bottle of Miller Lite when somone inside a white vehicle fired shots, striking him at least four times before 11:40 p.m. on Bellaire Avenue near Blythe Street, said Los Angeles police Detective Rich Wheeler.
Calderon died later at a local hospital.
The gunman was inside possibly a Honda or Nissan car with as many as four people in it, Wheeler said.
Calderon, who is divorced and has a child has no known gang ties, nor any gang-related arrests, Wheeler said. He was living with his mother and father who were asleep at home at the time their son was shot.
"This is a murder you hate to get," Wheeler said. "There's not a lot of good, juicy clues to follow up on."
Anyone with information is asked to call Wheeler or Detective Martin Pinner at (818) 623-4075.
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