A man was shot and killed in Montebello, authorities said Wednesday.
Montebello Police Department officers were called at 5:17 p.m. Tuesday to the 500 block of Rea Drive, north of East Beverly Boulevard, where they found the victim in a riverbed behind Grant Rea Park suffering from gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide Lt. Patricia Thomas.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sheriff’s investigators are assisting the Montebello Police Department with the shooting investigation.
Anyone with information about this shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or send tips to lacrimestopper.org.