HACIENDA HEIGHTS >> Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man found fatally shot in a Hacienda Heights backyard Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
A neighbor called deputies about 1:45 p.m. to report seeing someone lying in the large backyard of a home in the 14400 block of Clark Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Rick Thurlo said.
The man appeared to have been shot, officials said. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
No further description of the dead man was available late Sunday, nor were any further details regarding the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.