Man shot in Pomona

A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in Pomona on Saturday night, police said.

Police responded to 540 E. Holt Ave. at 10:15 p.m. and found the victim, Alvin Pride, unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head, said Pomona Police Sgt. Chuck Becker.

Pride was airlifted to a Los Angeles-area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigators are searching for suspects and a motive.

[Updated 6:05 p.m.: Since January 2007, there have been 12 homicides within a mile of the location where Pride was fatally wounded, according to coroner’s records collected in The Times’ Homicide Report.]

— Joe Mozingo

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