Authorities identified Friday the 29-year-old man who was shot and killed outside a restaurant at the Westfield Century City mall.
Officers responded to the shopping center, located in the 10200 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, about 10:25 p.m. Monday and found Ryan Deshane Givens, of Los Angeles, suffering from several gunshot wounds, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the coroner's office.
Givens was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to police, who said the preliminary investigation determined he was shot several times by another man during an argument.
According to multiple reports from the scene, two groups of about 10 people each began arguing inside Javier's, a busy restaurant/bar, and the shooting occurred outside the business.
"There was some sort of verbal altercation that escalated to some
females having a fight that later spilled out — outside the restaurant — to
possibly some men having a fight," said LAPD detective John Radtke. "And then, at one point, a member of that group armed himself with a firearm and he chased the victim around the outside of the mall and shot him multiple times."
Radke also said officers followed a "trail of blood" through the area where Gilvens was running while wounded.
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The gunman was described as about 25-30 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 160 pounds, and he wore a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, according to police.
Anyone with information on the killing was urged to call 877-LAPD-247.
