Police in Bell Gardens looked Thursday for a man who walked up to another man on the street and fatally shot him in what investigators described as a gang-related act of violence.
Three men were drinking alcohol on the 6800 block of Ira Avenue about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when the unidentified suspect walked up and shot one of them in the torso, said Lt. Jeff Travis of the Bell Gardens Police Department.
The shooter fled on foot, Travis said.
“This guy just walked up unannounced and starting shooting,” Travis said.
The victim was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where he later died from his injuries.
Police did not have any information on the suspect, and they would not elaborate on why they believed the shooting was gang-related.
— My-Thuan Tran
Map: There have been 17 homicides within two miles of this location since Jan. 1, 2007, according to the Times’ Homicide Report interactive map and database. Click for an interactive map of homicides in Los Angeles County.