Crime & Safety

Man Fatally Shot Outside North Hills Strip Club; Suspect Sought

A man on Monday was fatally shot outside a strip club in North Hills.

A man on Monday was fatally shot outside Synn Gentleman's Club in North Hills, Los Angeles.
A man on Monday was fatally shot outside Synn Gentleman's Club in North Hills, Los Angeles. (Google Maps)

NORTHRIDGE, CA — A man was fatally shot early Monday outside a strip club in the North Hills area of Los Angeles, and police sought the public's help to find his killer.

The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. outside Synn Gentlemen's Club in the 8300 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Cervantes said.

Gabriel Isiguzo, 20, died at a hospital, according to the LAPD.

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"Preliminary information at scene indicates an altercation occurred between the victim and the suspect, a male patron at the nightclub, shortly prior to the shooting," police said in a statement.

According to reports from the scene, Isiguzo was picking up his girlfriend at the club and he was shot multiple times after getting into a dispute with the other man in the parking lot.

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Fox11 reported that the dispute may have erupted because the victim had parked in a handicap space while waiting for his girlfriend.

The suspect was described only as a man in his late 40s who left the scene in a black car, possibly a Honda Accord.

Anyone with information on the case was urged to call LAPD Valley Bureau homicide detectives at 818-374-9550, 877-LAPD-247, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.

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