A man in his 20s was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Pacoima after arguing with two men, Los Angeles police said.
The unidentified man was walking in the 10100 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard about 5 p.m. when the assailants approached and shot him after an argument.
He died at the scene, police said, and the suspects fled.
[Updated March 27: At least five homicides have been reported within a mile of the 10100 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard since January 2007, according to data collected for The Times’ interactive Homicide Report.
The most recent was the Jan. 1 shooting death of Antonio Carlos Jr., 34, who was found fatally wounded on the sidewalk at Haddon Avenue and Pierce Street in Pacoima.]
–Jill Leovy