A 55-year-old man who was killed in the unincorporated Willowbrook area near South Los Angeles was identified Thursday by county authorities.
Kevin Johnson was identified as the victim by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office, which said he died of head trauma and stab wounds.
Johnson ‘s death was reported at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of East 120th Street, near Central Avenue at a homeless encampment, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The location is about a mile away from where federal immigration authorities arrested a man who they called a “violent criminal illegal alien from El Salvador” Wednesday morning, but it was not immediately clear if there was any connection between the two cases.
A homicide investigation was continuing.
Anyone with information about Johnson’s death was asked to contact Lt. Steve De Jong, who is in charge of the investigation, at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477) or visiting lacrimestoppers.org.