EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: A man's body lays motionless moments after apparently being shot while near or sitting at the bus stop on the north side of Alondra Boulevard just east of Heron Avenue on Sunday evening in La Mirada. Photo Tony Aiello |
UPDATE: 16:15 112513: Officials are reporting victim was fatally shot. Sheriff's saying he may have been on bus bench when shot, but not ruling out body was dumped as reported here first. Name not released pending next of kin notification. Man in his 40's also suffered trauma to body.
If you have any info about the incident please contact the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
UPDATE 13:01 112513: Now confirmed, but it was reported here first, a Metro bus driver noticed the victim lying in a pool of blood in the gutter near a bus stop around 6:10 p.m. Although the driver wouldn't tell us at the time, see him on video moments after his call to police here.
UPDATE 21:50 112413: Sheriff's homicide investigators continue to work to determine the cause of death.
La Mirada~A male body has been found deceased along the 14300 block of Alondra Boulevard just east of Heron Avenue in La Mirada.
Victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Our Twitter feed was the first to report incident at 6:16 PM PT and we were onscene within ten minutes.
It is unclear how the person died. Deputies are looking for evidence on scene.
A Metro bus driver appears to be one who reported originally to police about the body on the street in a pool of blood directly in front of the bus stop on the north side of Alondra Boulevard just east of Heron.
Original call heard to police by La Mirada Blog was a dumped body.
Officials are waiting for the coroners office to determine identity and the cause of death. We are trying to obtain further details.
LASD Homicide detectives dispatched to scene.
See exclusive video footage of the incident as it unfolded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/lamiradablog
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