LEIMERT PARK – A 36-year-old man fatally shot near the Metro K Line Station in Leimert Park in what detectives say was a gang-related homicide was identified Monday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division were called at 12:18 a.m. Saturday to 4330 S. Crenshaw Blvd., where they found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds to the head, according to an LAPD spokeswoman.
A Metro spokesman said the parking lot where the victim was found is owned by the city’s Department of Transportation.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were called to the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
He was later identified by the medical examiner as Brandon Buchanan of Bellflower.
There was no suspect description.
Detectives were treating the shooting as a homicide and believe it was gang-related, police said.
This latest incident comes on the heels of a man being stabbed Wednesday while leaving the Metro B (Red) Line station in North Hollywood. There’s been a series of highly publicized violent attacks on or near the Metro system, prompting efforts by the transit agency to bolster safety.
