Search On for Gunman in South Bay Drive-By

Updated at 3 p.m. May 17, 2016

CARSON, CA - A search was underway Tuesday for the gunman who killed a man in a drive-by shooting in Carson, authorities said.

The shooting occurred about 7:45 p.m. Monday in the 1600 block of East Gladwick Avenue. Aaron Pritchard, 21, of Carson died at the scene, according to the coroner's office and the sheriff's department.

Witnesses said Pritchard was walking down the street when a man drove up in a two-door car, stopped, jumped out, fired at him, got back into the vehicle and drove away, said Deputy Kelvin Moody. The motive for the shooting was unknown.

Anyone with information on the killing was asked to call the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. All tips can be submitted anonymously.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock