Authorities Thursday are searching for a gunman who fatally shot a man in the parking lot of a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Palmdale.
Deputies responded to a gunshot victim call in the 1000 block of West Rancho Vista Boulevard about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday and found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Julian James Taylor, 29, of Palmdale, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office.
A news photographer at the scene said the shooting occurred in the restaurant’s parking lot, and that the victim was shot in the upper body, but authorities could not immediately confirm the reports.
A detailed description of the suspect was not immediately available.
Anyone who witnessed this shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called into Crime Stoppers at 888-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.