Gunshot Victim Found Dead in Panorama City Homeless Encampment

The body was found near Arminta Street and Van Nuys Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley community

Police responded Friday morning to a report of a body at a homeless encampment in Panorama City.

The deceased person was identified only as a man in his 20s who suffered a gunshot wound to his chest.

The body was found near Arminta Street and Van Nuys Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley community. The location is just north of the Van Nuys Metrolink station.

Aerial video showed investigators at the encampment, a row of tightly packed tents and other shelters alongside a concrete river bed.

Investigators are attempting to determine whether the shooting was gang related.

Nyree Arabian contributed to this report.
 

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