The Medical Examiner’s office Monday released the name of a man who died from a Compton shooting.
Blaine LaPrairie was 46 years old and died at a hospital, the Medical Examiner said.
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department’s Compton Station were called at 11:04 p.m. Tuesday to the 600 block of West Corrigidor Street between South Center Avenue and Alondra Boulevard regarding a shots fired call. Upon their arrival at the location, they found the victim now identified as LaPrairie with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, said homicide Lt. Patricia Thomas.
Compton Fire Department paramedics were called and took the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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 sent to lacrimestoppers.org.