Crime & Safety
Update: Man Shot Dead Wednesday on North Coronado Street in Echo Park
He was shot multiple times and died in the hospital. His identity is unknown.
Police are now investigating a shooting Wednesday in the 400 block of North Coronado Street that left one man dead.
According to Wes Buhrmester of the LAPD's Rampart Division,a neighbor called firefighters and police about a man on the ground in the 400 block of North Coronado Street.
A male, about 30, he said, had been shot multiple times. He was taken to a hospital, and died there.
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The man had no identification on him. Offiers and detectives shut down traffic on a stretch of Coronado Wednesday afternoon, looking for witnesses or someone who could identify the man.
None were found. Police still don't know whether the shooting was gang-related.
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Echo Park Patch talked to a nearby resident just after the shooting. He said he had passed by several young men sitting on the stoop of a white apartment building known for gang activity just before hearing the shots.
He said other neighbors were speculating that the shooter may have ridden by on a bicycle.
If youhave information about the incident call either Rampart Detective Division's Homicide Unit at (213) 484-3650, or, during off-hours the Watch Commander, at (213) 484-3400.
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