Police continued their search Tuesday for a suspect in the shooting of a man at the Nickerson Gardens public housing development in Watts.
The shooting was reported at 10:22 p.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of West 114th Street at Compton Avenue, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman.
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was neither conscious nor breathing when paramedics arrived at the scene but they took him to a hospital and he was pronounced dead there, she said.
Investigators believed the shooting was gang related, the spokeswoman said.