A 74-year-old man was shot and killed while playing dominoes and chess at a makeshift game room in South LA. NBC Los Angeles’ Jonathan Gonzalez reports.
A 74-year-old man was killed while playing dominoes with other elderly men in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles Tuesday night.
The victim as identified as Loren Almando Ryan of Los Angeles, according to the LA County Medical Examiner's Office.
Officers first received a call about a shooting at 10:25 p.m. at a makeshift game room near Denker and Manchester Avenues, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Investigators said a shooter walked up and opened fire.
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Warren Howell, who owns a business near the shooting scene, said people get together at the game room every Tuesday and Friday night, and he had spoke with the elderly victim.
"He was this quiet person, you know, minding his own business," Howell said. "He came back here to eat food and relax for a minute. It's kind of sad to hear that he'd get shot."
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The LAPD, which did not have suspect descriptions and motive for the shooting, asked for the public's help in identifying the gunman.
