LADERA HEIGHTS : 2 Men Sought in Car Chase, Slaying at Stoplight
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two men in connection with the shooting death of a Marina del Rey man Monday as the victim sat in his truck at a stoplight in Ladera Heights.
Kenneth Martin, 51, was shot several times in the upper torso and died about 7:30 p.m. at the scene, a sheriff’s spokesman said.
Although it is unclear what prompted the shooting, deputies said that a black Datsun pickup with a blue camper shell had chased Martin’s Ford Bronco and tried to run it off the road. When Martin stopped for a red light on Slauson Avenue at La Cienega Boulevard, the pickup containing two men pulled up near him, deputies said.
The passenger, armed with a handgun, jumped out of the truck and began firing at Martin.
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