Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Man Shot Dead in Lynwood, Suspects Sought
Homicide detectives were on the scene investigating the circumstances.
Originally posted at 7:04 a.m. June 16, 2014. Edited with new details.
A man was gunned down early this morning at the Lynwood restaurant he owned, and his killers remained at large.
The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. at La Playita Mariscos in the 11020 block of South Atlantic Avenue. Jose Padilla, 65, died at a hospital, said coroner's Chief Craig Harvey.
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"Detectives have learned that the victim was confronted inside (his) seafood restaurant by three armed black males, when he was shot," the sheriff's department said in a statement. "The victim, proprietor of the seafood restaurant, was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead."
The suspects fled in a vehicle, but no description was available.
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Anyone with information about the crime was urged to call the sheriff's department at (323) 890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
--City News Service
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