26-year-old man shot dead in busy Southern California neighborhood

Police are asking for the public’s help in a fatal shooting that claimed the life of a 26-year-old man in Exposition Park on Tuesday, authorities announced.

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division were patrolling the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Vermont Avenue at around 5 p.m. when they heard gunfire nearby, according to a department news release.

At the scene in a strip mall parking lot, police found the victim, later identified as L.A. resident Jonathan Orellana-Lozada, suffering from a gunshot wound.

Paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the shooting and declared the 26-year-old dead at the scene.

Aerial footage of the investigation showed a canopy in the parking lot, much of which was cordoned off with crime scene tape as police set up a perimeter, questioned people in the area and searched for a suspect or suspects.

Authorities said that three people at the scene were detained but did not say if those people were arrested.

“Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Bureau Homicide Division are currently investigating the incident, as well as the involvement of three people detained,” the release stated.

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Authorities added that they do not currently have a suspect description and a motive for the deadly shooting is unknown.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact LAPD’s South Bureau Homicide Division at 323-786-5100. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or leave tips online at L.A. Crime Stoppers.

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