Body with a gunshot wound is found at Rancho Palos Verdes beach
(Los Angeles Times)
The body of a man with a gunshot wound has been found on a Rancho Palos Verdes beach.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of the body about 3:30 p.m. Friday near the 4700 block of Palos Verdes Drive South. The body was found in a shallow part of the seashore, Deputy Marvin Crowder said.
The man suffered one gunshot wound in the upper torso. Officials are handling the death as a homicide investigation.
The body was not reported to be in an advanced state of decomposition.
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