A man who was shot to death in Compton was publicly identified Monday.
Fidel Cortez, 33, died in a pallet yard, the medical examiner’s office said.
Deputies responded at 4:03 p.m. Saturday to a call of a gunshot victim in the 2000 block of Santa Fe Avenue, a commercial-industrial area north of the Gardena (91) Freeway, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
The victim had gunshot wounds to his upper body. sheriff’s officials said.
Compton Fire Department paramedics pronounced the man now identified as Cortez dead at the scene, the officials said.
Suspect information was not released.
Anyone with information on this death was asked to call the LASD’s Homicide division at 323-890-5500. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.