The investigation into a fatal alley shooting in South L.A. has led detectives to believe it stemmed from an attempted carjacking and that some of the gunfire that erupted may have been returned in self-defense.
Deputies had originally been called to the 8000 block of South Hooper Avenue, located off Nadeau Avenue in the Florence-Graham neighborhood, around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday on reports of a gunshot victim.
“Upon arrival, deputies located two male victims in an alley to the west of the reported location,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a media release. “The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded and pronounced one of the victims deceased on scene. The second victim was transported to a local hospital suffering from gunshot wounds to his leg.”
Detectives’ preliminary investigation revealed that the victims were alerted to the sound of a car alarm and found it was coming from their vehicle that was parked in the alley. They were confronting the three suspects they witnessed trying to steal the car when a fourth suspect standing near the south entrance of the alley began shooting at them, deputies say.
“One of the victims, armed with a firearm, returned fire in what appears to be self-defense,” LASD’s media release states. “The suspects fled the scene in a newer model red or burgundy four-door car westbound on 81st Street.”
The decedent was listed as a 41-year-old Hispanic man who had sustained at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso. The injured victim was also a Hispanic man, LASD said.
No descriptions of any of the suspects were released, and further information was not available.
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