Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man that occurred at the 100 block of 2nd Street, La Puente, on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 11:16PM.
The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
3 male Hispanic suspects were last seen driving a silver Honda Accord.
Preliminary investigation seems to indicate that the shooting was gang related.
Anyone with information about this incident or who sees a vehicle matching the description is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
The City of La Puente is policed by the Industry Sheriff's Station (http://www.Industry.lasd.org) of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Authored by:
Harry Drucker, Sergeant
Irys Alvarez, Deputy
Mike Parker, Captain
Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
4700 Ramona Blvd., Monterey Park CA 91754
Office: 323-267-4800
http://www.lasd.org
[email protected]
www.Nixle.com : LASD Text and Emails
http://nixle.com/lasd----hq-newsroom-shb-los-angeles-county-sheriff/
Twitter @LASD_News http://twitter.com/#!/LASD_News
http://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesCountySheriffsDepartment
Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
To receive detailed, up-to-date information directly from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) via e-mail, register for "Nixle" alerts at www.Nixle.com or more directly at https://local.nixle.com/register/ and register for "LASD – Headquarters Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff" and your local LASD station area. Or, text your zip code to 888777 to receive text alerts only. Standard text messaging rates may apply depending on your calling plan.
Address/Location
LASD-Newsroom(SHB)
4700 West Ramona Boulevard
Monterey Park, CA 91754
Contact
323-267-4800
