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A man killed in a shooting at a North Hollywood auto parts store was publicly identified Monday, authorities said.
He was Israel Serrano Rodriguez, 29, of Sun Valley, coroner’s Investigator Kristy McCracken said.
The shooting was reported just before 6 p.m. Saturday in the 6100 block of Lankershim Boulevard, said Detective Adolfo Godinez of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood Station.
A parts store employee interrupted a theft of some kind behind the building and was assaulted by Serrano Rodriguez, Godinez said.
“It started outside and wound up inside (the parts shop),” Godinez said. The employee, armed with a handgun, shot the suspect.
The employee “pretty much felt threatened and defended his life,” the detective said. Serrano Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives were reviewing surveillance video and considered it a case of self-defense, Godinez said. The case will be reviewed by the District Attorney.
—City News Service