After a man was fatally shot outside of a fast food restaurant early Friday morning in Whittier, detectives were working to identify his killer.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department found a man shot outside in the parking lot at a Jack in the Box at around 11:59 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Duchess Drive and Washington Boulevard, according to the Pico Rivera Sheriff's Station.
Crews gave the man CPR before he was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
The 35-year-old man was homeless, according to detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Division. He spent time and got drunk at the restaurant and parking lot often, according to one of the man's friends.
Detectives said the gunman drove into the parking lot and passed the victim sitting on the curb before he turned around and parked in front of him. Seconds later, he got out of his car and shot the victim multiple times
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The shooter got in a dark colored sedan and left, according to the LASD Homicide detectives.
What led to the shooting was unclear, but detectives are calling it a targeted murder.
His friends said the man was peaceful aside from the occasional episode of excessive drinking.
Yet they added that the victim knew someone was after him Thursday night, had even asked one friend, Alfred Duran, for something to protect himself with.
Duran said he was sleeping nearby when he heard gunshots.
"He didn't deserve to die like an animal," Duran said.
The shooter was believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, but no further description of the man was immediately available.
It was not immediately clear if anyone else was in the car, said Mike Rosson of the Los Angeles County Sheriffi's Department's Homicide Division.
LASD Homicide Division planned to release surveillance video Friday.
Rick Montanez contributed to this report.
