Sheriff’s detectives Friday are investigating the death of a man who was shot and killed in an unincorporated area bordering Watts.
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Century Station responded at 7:55 p.m. Thursday to the 1100 block of East 93rd Street and Hooper Avenue where they found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds, said homicide Lt. Patricia Thomas.
The victim was taken to a hospital by Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Anyone with information about this shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous calls can be made to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or tips can be sent to lacrimestoppers.org.