UPDATED: Man Shot Dead in Lynwood, Suspects Sought

Originally posted at 7:04 a.m. June 16, 2014. Edited with new details.

A man was gunned down early this morning at the Lynwood restaurant he owned, and his killers remained at large.

The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. at La Playita Mariscos in the 11020 block of South Atlantic Avenue. Jose Padilla, 65, died at a hospital, said coroner's Chief Craig Harvey.

"Detectives have learned that the victim was confronted inside (his) seafood restaurant by three armed black males, when he was shot," the sheriff's department said in a statement. "The victim, proprietor of the seafood restaurant, was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead."

The suspects fled in a vehicle, but no description was available.

Anyone with information about the crime was urged to call the sheriff's department at (323) 890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

--City News Service