Man fatally shot while sitting in vehicle in South Los Angeles, LAPD says
A man was found shot dead in a vehicle early Friday morning in the Harvard Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles, police said.
The victim, identified only as a man in his 20s or 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene near Harvard Boulevard and 69th Street about 1:20 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Footage from KTLA-TV Channel 5 showed a dark-colored vehicle with its driver’s side window damaged from gunfire as officers closed off the scene.
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The man was shot by an unidentified suspect while he was sitting in the vehicle, police said.
Detectives are investigating whether the incident was gang-related, but no suspect information was available as of Friday afternoon.
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