Downtown Los Angeles shooting leaves 1 dead, suspects still at large

Police say they are searching for three suspects connected to the shooting death of a man in Downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of Saturday morning.

According to the L.A. Police Department, officers responded to the area of Pico Boulevard and Hope Street around 3:25 a.m.

Around that time, a man observed three other men “removing property” from a location. When he tried to intervene, police said, the men turned around and shot him.

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The victim, described only as white man between the ages of 30 and 35, was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The three suspects fled the scene before officers arrived, police said. They remained at large as of Saturday morning.

No additional details were immediately made available.

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