A man was shot dead after a physical altercation in front of a business in Hollywood late Saturday night, police said.
Police confirmed that they had a possible suspect in custody, but not the weapon used in the fatal shooting.
The shooting was reported just after 11:30 p.m. Saturday, at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Titus Tyler said.
When officers arrived onscene, they located an unresponsive man with gunshot wounds shot in his head lying in the street, police said. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died, early Sunday, Tyler said.
Witnesses described the attacker as an armed man, Tyler said. They saw the gunman and victim get in a physical altercation before gunshots were fired.
All eastbound lanes of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue were closed for the shooting investigation. They reopened just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Tyler said.
Both the shooting victim and the suspect in custody are affiliated with gangs, but police were unable to confirm whether this incident was gang related and whether the victim and suspect knew each other, Tyler said.
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