catalytic converter
An example of a catalytic converter, not one of the converters stolen from the story.

Police Thursday are continuing a search for the two suspects who fatally shot a man during the theft of a catalytic converter in Inglewood, police said Thursday.

The shooting occurred at 3:22 a.m Tuesday in the 1000 block of North Chester Avenue, near East 65th Street, about a block north of Vincent Park, according to the Inglewood Police Department.

The victim was shot in the chest area and later died from his injuries, police said.

ABC 7 reported the victim interrupted the thieves while they were stealing the catalytic converter from his vehicle.

Video footage obtained from the scene shows the suspects’ vehicle driving away south on North Chester Avenue, then east on 65th Street.

Anyone with information regarding this shooting was asked to call homicide Detective Luis Rodriguez at 310-412-5124 or after hours the department’s watch commander at 310-412-5206.

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