Authorities Friday identified a man who was fatally shot while sitting in a car in the unincorporated Willowbrook area near South Los Angeles.

Deputies from the Century Station responded to a call of shots fired in the 11700 block of Alabama Street, south of the Century (105) Freeway, about 11:10 p.m. Wednesday and found Kendal Young in the driver’s seat of a gray Toyota Camry with gunshot wounds to his upper body, said Deputy James Nagao of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Young, 26, of Los Angeles died at the scene, the coroner’s office reported.

A description of the suspect was not available and a motive for the shooting was not disclosed.

Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.

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