BALDWIN PARK — A man fatally shot another man early Saturday in what investigators believed to be a gang-related attack in a residential neighborhood, officials said.
The dead man’s name was not released Saturday afternoon pending positive identification and notification of his family, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Capt. John Kades said.
The victim was standing in driveway in the 13200 block of Francisquito Avenue with two others about 12:45 a.m. prior to the shooting, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Luis Castro said in a written statement.
“(The shooter) approached them and shot the victim several times in the upper torso,” the deputy said.
The gunman then ran south on Francisquito Avenue and entered into the passenger side of a dark-colored Honda sedan, officials said.
The wounded man was taken to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4 a.m., Kades said.
Officials described the shooter as a Latino man of about 30 years old, tall and thin, wearing a gray sweater and dark jeans.
“The motive is unknown but appears to be gang-related,” Castro added.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is helping Baldwin Park police with the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323–890-5500.