Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a 30-year-old man who was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Vermont Knolls area of South Los Angeles.
The shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. Sunday in front of 532 W. 82nd St., according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center.
Oscar Ayala of Los Angeles and a 13-year-old boy were standing outside when gunshots were fired from a vehicle that pulled up in front of them, she said.
Ayala was pronounced dead at the scene from his wounds, the officer said. The teen was taken to a hospital by paramedics and had stable vital signs.
A vehicle description was not available.