Police were searching for a gunman who fatally shot a man in the head at a bus stop in Huntington Park.
When police arrived after 2 a.m., they found a man, dead, lying beneath the bus stop at Florence Avenue and Pacific, with a gunshot wound to the head.
Richard Lopez, a Huntington Park resident, said he was asleep when he woke up to the loud noises and feared for his safety.
"You never know if somebody is still around," he said.
Nearby residents say they've noticed recent crime off of Florence.
Jose Santyo recalls a pot shop robbery from a few months ago.
"There was a shooting over there in the next street," he said.
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Huntington Park police spent the morning searching Florence and a nearby parking lot with flashlights, searching for evidence that could lead them to the killer.