Overview
- According to Metro, a group of young men argued on the street before the dispute continued onto a northbound Route 206 bus, where one person shot another.
- LAPD received the call at 1:58 p.m. Wednesday near Normandie Avenue and West 39th Street, and LAFD paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
- The shooter and other suspects fled before officers arrived and remain unidentified.
- The victim was described as a man in his 20s, and his name has not been released.
- Authorities asked anyone with information to contact LAPD or provide anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or lacrimestoppers.org, as Metro continues a weapons-detection pilot on rail with a bus-focused program under review and reports a nearly 15% year-over-year drop in violent crime for September.