A man was shot and killed Tuesday evening in the unincorporated Willowbrook area near South Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called about 7 p.m. to the scene in the 1500 block of East 123rd Street, near Compton Avenue, Deputy Trina Schrader said.

The man died at the scene, Schrader said. His name was not immediately released.

Deputies asked that anyone with information on the shooting call the department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or submit a tip anonymously at 800-222-8477.

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