Crime & Safety
Paramount Man Killed in Shooting ID'd as Hector Velasquez
He was was standing on a sidewalk when someone shot him and friends took the victim to a hospital, authorities said.
PARAMOUNT, CA - A 44-year-old man shot and killed while standing on a Paramount sidewalk was identified Sunday.
Hector Velasquez died from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
The shooting was reported at 12:10 p.m. Friday, in the 8200 block of Ackley Street, between Downey Avenue and Paramount Boulevard, according to Deputy Ryan Rouzan of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Information Bureau.
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The victim now identified as Velasquez was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Rouzan said.
Deputies from the sheriff's Lakewood Station responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon and a gunshot victim at the scene, but were initially unable to locate anyone who had been shot, Rouzan said.
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Deputies were later told the man was standing on a sidewalk when someone shot him and friends took the victim to a hospital, Rouzan said.
No suspect information has been made available.
Sheriff's Homicide Bureau detectives are investigating the killing.
--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock
