Sunday, August 28, 2011

Watts driver fatally shot by sniper

A man driving in Watts was fatally Sunday by a gunman with a rifle, police said.

A bullet hit the driver in the head as he was driving south on Grape Street near 105th Street shortly after midnight and the vehicle into a fence, according to Los Angeles Police Sgt. Val Valenti at the Southeast Station.

It was unclear where the shot came from, Valenti said.

The name of the victim, believed to be in his 30s, had not been released. Homicide detectives were investigating, he said.

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