A 60-year-old man was fatally shot in downtown Los Angeles Sunday.

Police responded to calls regarding an assault with a weapon in the 500 block of East Fifth Street near the Skidrow area around 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Officers found the man down with gunshot wounds and transported him to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased, according to the LAPD. The man’s name was not immediately released.

A description of the suspect and a motive for the shooting were unavailable, the department reported.

Around 5:40 p.m., police had sealed off the roadway between San Pedro and Crocker streets for an unspecified period of time.

The case was transferred to the LAPD’s Homicide department for further investigation.

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