Detectives were responding to a slaying Wednesday night that left a man dead in the Westmont neighborhood bordering South Los Angeles.
The man was shot in the unincorporated county neighborhood shortly after 6 p.m. near West 90th Street and Vermont Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not released.
Westmont has recorded 55 homicides since January 2007, according to a database by The Times’ Homicide Report.
No additional information was available in Wednesday’s slaying.
— Robert J. Lopez
Map shows homicides in the Westmont area near South Los Angeles. Credit: Homicide Report.