LEIMERT PARK – A man was found shot to death near a Metro K Lone station in Leimert Park early Saturday morning.
Police are searching for the person who fatally shot the unidentified 36-year-old man in what detectives say was a gang-related homicide.
Los Angeles Police Department officers with the Southwest Division responded to reports of a shooting victim at the Metro station located at 4300 S Crenshaw Blvd. around 12:10 a.m.
When officers arrived on the scene, they located the victim down in the parking lot with two gunshot wounds to the head.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were called to the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
There was no suspect description.
Detectives were treating the shooting as a homicide and believe it was gang-related, police said.
A Metro spokesman said the parking lot where the victim was found is owned by the city’s Department of Transportation.
On Wednesday, a man was stabbed while leaving the Metro B (Red) Line station in North Hollywood, the latest in a series of highly publicized violent attacks on or near the Metro system, prompting efforts by the transit agency to bolster safety.
City News Service contributed to this report.
