A 25-year-old man was found shot to death Saturday morning in Compton, authorities said.
The victim was identified as Compton resident Cristian Flores Padilla, according to the coroner’s office.
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were called at 2 a.m. to the 2300 block of East El Segundo Boulevard where they found the victim now identified as Padilla, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.
Further details were not immediately available.
Anyone with information about the shooting was asked 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 lacrimestoers.org.