The coroner’s office Sunday released the name of a man who died in a hospital after he was shot in the chest while another man was wounded in South Los Angeles.
He was Fernando Rojo Jr., 26, according to the office. No middle name or hometown was released.
Rojo and another man, also in his 20s, were shot as they stood outside their home at 12:30 a.m. March 19 in South Los Angeles during an apparent gang- related, drive-by shooting, according to Los Angeles police.
The attack took place in the 1500 block of 53rd Street, near the intersection with Compton Avenue, said LAPD Sgt. Rick Rodgers, watch commander at 77th Street Division.
“The two men were standing outside when a car pulled up and someone inside starting firing,” Rodgers said. “One man was hit in the leg and the other one in the chest. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.”
An autopsy was pending. Police asked anyone with information on this double shooting and homicide to call the 77th Street Division at (213) 485- 4164. All tips can be made anonymously.
–City News Service