COMMERCE, Calif. – A man was shot and killed in Commerce, authorities aid Wednesday.
Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s East Los Angeles Station responded at 3 p.m. Tuesday to the 6500 block of South Flotilla Street between Davie and Garfield avenues regarding a disturbance at a business, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.
Deputies learned a homeless man was underneath a cargo trailer inside the lot and attempted to arouse him but he was unresponsive, authorities said.
They found the man had a gunshot wound to the upper torso and contacted Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics, who pronounced him dead.
Anyone with information about this case was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous calls can be made to Crime Stoppers at 800-847- 2222 or send to lacrimestoppers.org.
