Authorities identified the victim of a fatal shooting in La Puente Friday evening as Carlos Torres Valencia, 30.
Valencia, of La Puente, was one of three men who were shot about 8:15 p.m. in the 300 block of South Stimson Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Valencia was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other two men were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening wounds.
The victims were in front of an apartment complex when the gunman walked up to them and fired multiple times, authorities said. The shooting appears to be gang-related, according to Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Pedroza.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
— Margot Roosevelt