LOS ANGELES—A man riding a motorcycle was fatally shot in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles by a suspect in a vehicle, who was being sought on Oct. 2, police said.
The shooting occurred about 5:55 p.m. on Oct. 1 in the 5400 block of Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officer Rosario Cervantes told City News Service.
The suspect fired multiple rounds at the victim, who died at a hospital, Ms. Cervantes said. Authorities withheld the name of the man, who was 36, pending notification of his relatives.
Officers went to the shooting scene on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
“When the officers arrived, they located the victim lying in the street, next to his motorcycle, suffering from gunshot wounds,” police said in a statement. “Preliminary investigation determined an unknown vehicle had been traveling alongside the victim on Crenshaw Boulevard before he was shot to death.”
